Russell Brand Quotes

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

Only force would produce social change.

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

There comes an hour when protest no longer suffices; after philosophy there must be action; the strong hand finishes what the idea has sketched.

Civil disobedience is a viable political tactic, and a non-violent tactic.

Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The Revolution is just a t-shirt away

I think direct political action, civil disobedience, in particular, is something to be taken very seriously.

Thank God for Occupy and thank God for 'The Daily Show,' Colbert and the rising up that's going on around the world.

There's nothing automatic about political change, about liberation.

The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.

Dissidents can't be dissidents forever; we are dissidents because we don't want to be dissidents.

America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.

I am one who believes in the power of the people. I am inspired when I see people hit the streets, who challenge their elected officials, and are willing to stand up and fight. I encourage it.

I think there is a role for non-violent direct action when democratic channels have failed.

Change comes when people are willing to commit acts of peaceful civil disobedience.

A little rebellion is a good thing.

Civil disobedience is the only nonviolent escape from the soul-destroying heat of violence.

I don't accept armed struggle. Maybe it was the way in the '50s and '60s, but we want a democratic revolution.

Protest is when I say I don't like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don't like. Protest is when I say I refuse to go along with this anymore. Resistance is when I make sure everybody else stops going along too.

In a world built on violence, one must be a revolutionary before one can be a pacifist.

Disobedience is the vehicle of progress.

You will not be able to stay home, brother./You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out./You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,/Skip out for beer during commercials,/Because the revolution will not be televised.

I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.

From Gandhi to Mandela, from the American patriot to the Polish shipbuilders, the makers of revolutions have not come from the top.

If you can't raise consciousness, at least raise hell.