Fantastic Negrito Quotes

Democracy is not what we hate the most and what we fear the most. We need to stand up.

You know, when we get to a point in this country where dissent is extremism, we've turned, I think, a very dark page in our history. And I don't want us to go there. I encourage Americans and I'm - right now, to go to these town hall meetings, to - to talk to your Congressmen, the people that you elected.

The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang out with politicians.

Opinion and protest are the life breath of democracy—even when it blows heavy.

When I grow up I’m going to change the government.

If people don't vote, everything stays the same. You can protest until the sky turns yellow or the moon turns blue, and it's not going to change anything if you don't vote.

I'm a person who's always been politically active and passionate about people's rights.

It is open for anyone to have freedom of speech, and I guess we can all play a role in trying to make a difference in the world. Particularly if your leader is not helping in that area.

You have a lot of people asking for town halls with the purpose of disrupting a town hall.

Democracy depends on people speaking out, and in times of great crisis, on people creating a commotion.

You do not keep American democracy in suspense. Because, look, too many people have marched and protested and fought and died for this democracy.

I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted our freedoms and our abilities to effect change through political activism.

When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian.

I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

I don't think the only place to fight for freedom is in the halls of Congress.

Those who are outraged will vote.

Challenging leaders is as American as it gets.

The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country.

I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow.

I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here.

During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: 'Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.'