"There is a legend. And to protest is daft."

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"If it is now the belief of my fellow men, who call themselves the public, that their good requires victims, then I say: 'The public good be damned, I will have no part of it!"

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Protest, Society, Rebellion, Victims, Individualism

"I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence."

Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

Protest, Silence, Dissent, Strength

"What his uncle does not understand is that in walking backwards, his back to the world, his back to God, he is not grieving. He is objecting. Because when everything cherished by you in life has been taken away, what else is there to do but object?"

Yann Martel, Canadian Author

Protest, Grief, Defiance, Faith, Loss

"Altho that is so, Ireland has always denied and Ireland still denies that the Union was binding upon her either legally or morally. And here on this historic occasion we have assembled to renew our protest and to place it upon record."

John Edward Redmond, Irish Politician

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"The boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong."

Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

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"Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national guards. But let the record show we ain't going to be turned around."

Ralph Abernathy, American Activist

Protest, State

"We have had enough of the old men and the money-counters!" And people further off took up the cry: "Up Bowman, and down with the moneybags."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Protest, Money, Power, People

"We didn't start out to make a protest record at all. That would have been too shallow. As usual, it was simply a case of absorbing what's going on around us."

Thom Yorke, English Musician

Protest,

"Protesting is never a disturbance of the peace. Corruption, injustice, war and intimidation are disturbances of the peace."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Protest, Truth, Power, Inspirational, Wisdom

"I had hoped you would protest, but please don't argue."

Lotte Lehmann, German Musician

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"It's very inconvenient because every time I finish, let's say, a chapter of a book, I think I'm going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I've buried him. I buried him last year."

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"I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone."

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"My own favorite is something called Rogue Male."

Favorite

"Where do I begin? I loved working with Kate Hepburn, which was one of the highlights of my life; Working with Richard Burton in Beckett was another great joy."

Life

"My dear sir, it haunted me for the rest of my life."

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"We were doing it under the most extraordinary circumstances, but the first out of the tent in the morning would be David Lean. He said to me on the very first day of shooting, Pete, this is the beginning of a great adventure."

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"Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed."

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