Joel Silver Quotes

It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.

'V for Vendetta' is an amazing movie, and it had an obvious message, but it was done so perfectly. I got out of the movie, and I wanted to march so hard. I wanted to be an activist.

Johnny's in the basement Mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement Thinking 'bout the government.

Part of the plot was a knock that V wanted to bring down the government and bring chaos. I don't know why I thought of Guy Fawkes, because it was during the summer. I thought that would be great if he looked like Guy Fawkes, kind of theatrical.

Our war cries opened the deaf ears of the almighty government and its accomplices.

All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.

Break up the printing presses and you break up rebellion.

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act.

Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America's strengths and shortcomings.

There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda. Propaganda can be written by anybody, including dictators.

Punk rock seemed to make sense. I was listening to The Clash and I really loved their social messages and they have a great history of fighting racism.

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.

Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.

When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries.

I'm an anarchist and I do think things such as Occupy Wall Street are about getting a little closer to the solution.

As an Egyptian, I was always frustrated, just like many young Egyptians, of the situation in the country. And to a large extent, we didn't know what could we do. And looking at Khaled's photo after his death; basically I just felt that we are all Khaled Said.

One can become enthusiastic over anything. For a time I was delighted with bomb throwing. It gave me a tremendous pleasure to bomb those fellows from above.

Graffiti is usually a protest - ink on walls - or has a reason for being naughty or aggressive.

How many of you are willing to go to jail for freedom?

He was a Communist. He was a terrorist...

To fight against the government with any means is a basic right and sport of every German.

I never wanted the government to feel my pain. I wanted it to feel my boot in its butt.

The foundation of our movement rests on complete non-violence, whereas violence is the final refuge of the Government. And as no energy can be created without resistance, our nonresistance to Government violence must bring the latter to a standstill.

I was tried here in this room for murder and I was convicted of Anarchy.... If the ruling classes think that by hanging us, hanging a few Anarchists, they can crush out Anarchy, they will be badly mistaken, because the Anarchist loves his principles more than his life. An Anarchist is always ready to die for his principles.