Jon Stewart Quotes

it is immoral for powerless people to accept this powerlessness. They may not succeed in getting power but they can fight for it, and if enough fight for it, it makes it very difficult for the people with the big sticks.

I laid my hand on top of theirs, and all I could think was, Is this how revolutions begin? Not with a proclamation or a riot, but with a few people in a room somewhere with their hands clasped and a purpose.

The anti-immigrant logic has basically saturated our world. I'm staying, and I'm fighting.

If civil disobedience is the way to go about change, than I think a lot of people will be going to San Francisco

If there's a theme in my work, it's that I like to focus on smart people who are facing oppression and who are fighting back against it.

When millions of people stand up and fight...they win.

I do believe that if millions of people do stand up and fight back, we can stop Donald Trump from doing some really awful things.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

The Republicans are many things, but they're not dumb. And if millions of people begin to stand up and fight back, they're going to be thinking twice about doing very bad things.

Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable.

All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.

We're not going to take this sitting down. We are fighting back.

I hope I don't have to buck the system. But if it requires bucking, I will do it.

So we must stand together to resist, for we will get what we can take - just that and no more.

I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning - organize.

One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to fight for freedom.

I can raise more hell in jail than out.

I'll continue fighting as long as these social injustices exist.

First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. And then you win.

Protest is when I say this does not please me. Resistance is when I ensure what does not please me occurs no more.

I decided to protest in 2016 because I was feeling helpless and somebody needed to do something.

Civil disobedience is - it's no fun.

There's always something heroic and romantic about taking a stand against the powers that be.

I was always fighting the establishment, trying to run through brick walls.

We might not be back. I might be in jail. I might be anywhere. But when I leave, you'll remember I said, with the last words on my lips, that I am a revolutionary. And you're going to have to keep on saying that. You're going to have to say that I am a proletariat; I am the people.