Mehbooba Mufti Quotes

We have the freedom of speech. We are able to hold hands in protest and stand up for what we believe in and have people hear what you have to say.

Peaceful protest is a hallmark of our democracy. It has been in impetus for social change throughout our history.

Power to the peaceful!

Power to the peaceful.

Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - is innately disruptive of 'business as usual.' That is why it is effective.

Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.

I can think of nothing more American than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights - anytime, anywhere, anyplace.

Anybody who walks out peacefully, who protests peacefully, that's what this country was built on.

It is open for anyone to have freedom of speech, and I guess we can all play a role in trying to make a difference in the world. Particularly if your leader is not helping in that area.

I feel in my heart it is right to continue to kneel during the national anthem, and I will do whatever I can to be part of the solution.

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

We must allow people to agitate for whatever they want. They must be allowed to campaign for their views.

I am so proud of Pakistanis and specifically of our lawyers for speaking out and getting their heads bashed in for a better Pakistan.

Gandhi protested against restrictive policies. So did 'Guru.'

The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority.

It's interesting to me that the Arab Spring started in Tunisia, and in the marches, people were singing 'Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights.'

Each of us should choose which course of action we must take; education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes, but let it not be said that we did nothing.

I don't accept armed struggle. Maybe it was the way in the '50s and '60s, but we want a democratic revolution.

Nelson Mandela was a terrorist. And then he wins the world peace prize and becomes president of South Africa. That's how change happens. It's very important not to differentiate protest from the democratic process.

I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.

Thank God for Occupy and thank God for 'The Daily Show,' Colbert and the rising up that's going on around the world.

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.

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.

58% of the American public are with us. We're preaching to the choir, but the choir's not singing, if all of the 58% started singing, this war would end.

If Occupy Wall Street can see their way to more collaboration with the union movement, then there will be a great deal of political action possible.