“This is a very, very conservative judge who in his dissenting opinions is overwhelmingly likely to be more conservative than the majority.”
Cass R. Sunstein
“In a number of cases dissenting opinions have in time become the law”
Charles Evans Hughes
“The dissenting opinion has continued since 1792 as a great American tradition. It is as true to the character of our democracy as of speech itself.”
William Orville Douglas
“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.”
Edward R. Murrow
“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”
Howard Zinn
“The fundamentalist mind, running in a single rut for fifty years, is now quite unable to comprehend dissent from its basic superstitions, or to grant any common honesty, or even any decency, to those who reject them”
Henry Louis Mencken
“No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.”
Barbara Ehrenreich
