Mitch Hedberg Quotes

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.

…I have spent many years of my life in opposition and I rather like the role.

Direct action means resort to non-constitutional methods that can take any form which many suit the conditions under which we live. We cannot eliminate any methods.

One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist.

Protesting against illegal activity is not piracy.

There are quite a few disgruntled Greenpeacers who are opposed to its policy of non-cooperation.

Only force would produce social change.

The non-violent way does not bring about miracles.

We have tried everything to prevent this, but they have got too powerful, and there is nothing for us but for our friends to go into their meetings and disturb the harmony of them, and create division.

This non-violent stuff ain’t no good. It’ll get you killed.

I don't think there's any perfect way to protest.

Every successful social movement in this country's history has used disruption as a strategy to fight for social change. Whether it was the Boston Tea Party to the sit-ins at lunch counters throughout the South, no change has been won without disruptive action.

I love fighting back. I love finding allies, and - famously - I enjoy making enemies.

Strike, if you will, but listen.

The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.

I was a militant.

We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!

Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.

I am against boycotts in general: boycotts against us as well as anything and everything that can be boycotted.

We didn't do anything wrong... Some are frustrated that we did it this way.

I always seem to be singing against the grain.