Guest guest Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 S Tue, 27 Sep 2005 20:22:35 EDT Today's Quotes The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself: Archibald Macleish: = There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit: John Lindsay = We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit our _expression of dissent and wonder " censorship, " we call it " concern for commercial viability. " : David Mamet = The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent: Gore Vidal = Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.: Noam Chomsky " People join the military to defend their country, not lies. " Adam Reuter, 22-year-old Georgia resident who was given a medical discharge from the Army four months ago. Washington DC Protest, September 24, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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