Public Demonstration Quotes

Advocacy is in the courtroom—not out in the streets.

Protest is, at its core, designed to move policy.

The right of the people to peacefully assemble and petition their government for a redress of grievances is now worth a pitcher of warm spit. That's because TV will not come and treat it respectfully. Television is really something.

I was in one a couple of days ago where they saw me in the car and they started banging, banging on my car. I 'm not sure these are even Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama supporters. I think these people are, you know, kind of like professional protesters more.

I can understand that people are not happy, but they should not use football to make their demands heard

Politicians and lawmakers are willing to watch us take us a knee, watch us march, watch us picket and protest - and wait us out. They are willing and prepared to outlast us - and, in most cases, to do absolutely nothing about the problems we highlight and amplify.

[Sean] Spicer's message echoed what President Trump tweeted.The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. Sad.But underneath those dismissals, lies and urgency inside the White House to figure this out, and quickly.

It seems the only way to gain attention today is to organize a march and protest something.

Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action.

We are on the threshold of a significant breakthrough, and the greatest weapon is the mass demonstration.

Occupy was not a movement, it was a tactic. You can't sit forever in a park near Wall Street. You can't do it for more than a few months. It was a tactic I had not predicted. If people asked me, I would have said "don't do it." But it was a great success, an enormous success, with a big impact on people's thinking, on people's actions.

In a democracy, everyone has a right to put forward one's views. But people resorting to violent demonstrations in the name of Dalits are bound to be exposed.

The March on Washington was a culmination of years of hard work and dedication of many individuals.

Every journalist loves a peaceful protest -whether it makes news, shakes up a political season, or holds out the possibility of altering history.

Protests [against Donald Trump] four nights running.Thousands marching across the country.

Reconquer the streets, the markets - the public spaces, with the same message of opposition: We are devastated, but we will not give up. With torches and roses, we deliver this message to the world: We do not let fear break us. And we do not let the fear of fear silence us.

There is a vast need for all types of protest today, whether it be civil disobedience, or whether it be on a - more conventional variety.

It was just something - I didn't agree with what the flag was representing at this time, and you know, if you look at the original picture where people addressed it, I was trying to sit behind the coolers and out of the way, 'cause I didn't want to interrupt anybody else's right to stand and hold attention to the flag.

I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it until after he has performed the vision on earth for the people to see.

I don't know; it's hard for me to understand people that want to get out there and protest on the first day we elect a new guy.

I asked a couple of months ago if anyone would like to start picketing the gas stations.

China remains too important for America's national security to risk the relationship on the emotions of the moment.... No government in the world would have tolerated having the main square of its capital occupied by tens of thousands of demonstrators.

People have a right to give a speech. And people have a right to protest. But I'm not a great fan of disrupting people's speeches.

The President can pardon us again... and again and again, but... picketing will continue, and sooner or later, he will have to do something about it.

I am a self-proclaimed feminist in a lot of ways, but I am not going to say that I will take a pink flag and run to India Gate with that.