“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.”
Edward R. Murrow
“Discussion in America means dissent.”
James Thurber
“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
“May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion”
Dwight David Eisenhower
“Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.”
Hubert H. Humphrey
“There are only two choices: A police state in which all dissent is suppressed or rigidly controlled; or a society where law is responsive to human needs. If society is to be responsive to human needs, a vast restructuring of our laws is essential.”
William Orville Douglas
