Eartha Kitt Quotes

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

You know, when we get to a point in this country where dissent is extremism, we've turned, I think, a very dark page in our history. And I don't want us to go there. I encourage Americans and I'm - right now, to go to these town hall meetings, to - to talk to your Congressmen, the people that you elected.

During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: 'Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.'

For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries.

Players who take a knee during the national anthem do so to protest injustice across the country - fulfilling a patriotic duty to never accept injustice, but to call it out when we see it.

I welcome nonviolent protests as an exercise of our great democracy.

Flag-burning is plain wrong, and I'll stand up for free speech - even speech I don't like.

It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

Burning the flag is a form of expression. Speech doesn't just mean written words or oral words. It could be semaphore. And burning a flag is a symbol that expresses an idea - I hate the government, the government is unjust, whatever.

You must stand for free speech in the streets.

Challenging leaders is as American as it gets.

Nearly 75,000 Demand Progress members have urged Congress to fix the Patriot Act.

But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?

I never thought I'd see the day when the U.S. government could listen in on phone conversations or read private mail without first obtaining a warrant from a court. That sounds more like something that happened in the Soviet Union.

If this be treason, make the most of it!

In a democracy, expressing disagreement with the government’s actions does not amount to sedition or insurrection—it is, and must remain, protected speech.

It is an unmistakable statement of contempt for a government to burn its flag.

The protest is part of the American way of life.

You have the God-given right to kick the government around. Don't hesitate to do so.

A dozen or more heroes dashing up two flights of stairs, prepared to stake their lives for their country, only to discover the two dangerous disturbers and trouble-makers, Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, in their separate offices, quietly at work at their desks, wielding not a sword, nor a gun or a bomb, but merely their pens!

If our Constitution is destroyed, if our right to free speech is denied, then we have the right to use whatever means necessary to survive and advance our position.

… disagreement with the policies of the government is not evidence of lack of patriotism.

Did Lincoln hate America when he voted against the Mexican War? Did Mark Twain hate America when he made speeches against the Spanish American War? If you love your country you will find ways to speak out …