Gerry Spence Quotes

The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.

They can send us to prison, but they cannot silence us. The truth cannot be silenced.

Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act.

When the prison, stake or scaffold can no longer silence the voice of the protesting minority, progress moves on a step, but not until then.

If people were silent, nothing would change.

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.

With the war and everything that's going on, unless you're Susan Sarandon, the best route is to keep your mouth shut. For me it is, anyway!

Riot is the voice of the unheard.

Now, when our nation to ruin's brink is verging, let us speak while there is time! Now, when the padlocks for our lips are forging. Silence is crime!

Opinion and protest are the life breath of democracy—even when it blows heavy.

I was imprisoned for talking.

Citizens should never allow themselves to be silenced.

I have left my home, my family, and my job, and I am raising my voice. To do otherwise would betray those who languish in prison. I can speak when so many cannot.

The big percentage is us, the real people, and we have to say something. You have to speak up. You have to.

I don't want to be a dissident. But in the same time, I don't want to go back home and be silent again.

I think we need to raise our voices, and we need to demonstrate to the people we represent, as well as the American people, that their leaders have a responsibility to take action.

I have heard more than once, 'Shut up and sing!' and I get it now.

Democracy is not what we hate the most and what we fear the most. We need to stand up.

In a democratic society, the only treason is silence.

I may be arrested, I may be tried and thrown into jail, but I never will be silent.

This is what people do in America. They get out. They demonstrate. They let their voices with heard.

Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom.

Ever since I came to Congress in 1992, there are those who have been trying to silence my voice. I've been told to 'sit down and shut up' over and over again. Well, I won't sit down and I won't shut up until the full and unvarnished truth is placed before the American people.

People say, 'If you don't vote, then you don't have a right to say anything. But nine times outta 10, I pay more taxes than they do - so even if I don't vote, I still have the right to speak out.