Protest Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old protest quotes, protest sayings, and protest proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. Elie Wiesel
If people don't vote, everything stays the same. You can protest until the sky turns yellow or the moon turns blue, and it's not going to change anything if you don't vote. Dolores Huerta
When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. Bayard Rustin
To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Peaceful protest is a hallmark of our democracy. It has been in impetus for social change throughout our history. Stan Van Gundy
If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest. Audre Lorde
Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it. Howard Zinn
Sarcasm... the protest of those who are weak John Knowles
Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender. Keith Ellison
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. Martin Luther King Jr.
It is better to protest than to accept injustice. Rosa Parks
In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty. Phil Ochs
There are always protests, whether you do something good or bad. Even if you do something beneficial, people say you do it because it's advertising. Giorgio Armani
My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul. Emile Zola
To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy. Thurgood Marshall
It's not enough to say we need to love each other, you have to go behind that and say we need to change these policies, we need to fight, we need to protest, we need to agitate for change. John Legend
Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness. Albert Camus
Fear is the greatest form of oppression. The best way to rise up in protest is to live your life to its fullest. Megan Mccafferty
Privileged people don't march and protest; their world is safe and clean and governed by laws designed to keep them happy. John Grisham
You may protest if you can love the person you are protesting against as much as you love yourself. Ram Dass
Protesting is never a disturbance of the peace. Corruption, injustice, war and intimidation are disturbances of the peace. Bryan McGill
It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest. Abraham Lincoln
Just because your muscles start to protest, doesn't mean you have to listen. Dianne Holum
Protest is when I say I don't like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don't like. Protest is when I say I refuse to go along with this anymore. Resistance is when I make sure everybody else stops going along too. Ulrike Meinhof
Silence can be either protest or consent, but most times it’s fear. Paul Beatty
All the laws made for the betterment of workers' lives have their origin with the workers. Hours are shortened,wages go up, conditions are better-only if the workers protest Mary Heaton Vorse
Art is a protest against death Audrey Flack
I do not know of any salvation for society except through eccentrics, misfits, dissenters, people who protest. William O. Douglas
I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason. Elie Wiesel