Suheir Hammad Quotes

His response was to fight it with the only weapons at hand—passive resistance and open displays of contempt.

The answer is to say 'No!' to authority when authority is wrong.

When you know how to use it, disobedience can be a virtue.

What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation.

If this be treason, make the most of it!

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

I've always been a tilter of lances against authority.

There's always stuff to rebel against.

Resist much, obey little.

Nothing is more necessary or stronger in us than rebellion.

I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as I can, as is usual in such cases.

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.

I believe in civil disobedience among other forms of resistance in times when it's called for.

Defiance to constituted authority leaped like a spark from one flammable area to another, growing in heat as it went.

She wanted to tell him so mach, on the tarmac, the day he left. The world is run by brutal men and the surest proof is their armies. If they ask you to stand still, you should dance. If they ask you to burn the flag, wave it. If they ask you to murder, re-create.

People should go where they are not supposed to go, say what they are not supposed to say, and stay when they are told to leave.

I'd stood my ground against him. I wasn't going to jump when he said jump. I was more likely to give him the finger.

DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.

I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me.

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

If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it.

See, I'm a subverter at heart.

When someone tells me not to do something, I'll do it more.

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

Rebellion is the only thing that keeps you alive!