Resistance Quotes

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.

We don't kill Iraqis - our hands do not kill Iraqis. But we target only the occupier with all the means of resistance.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements.

I've always traveled with a picture of my daughter from 1989, her kindergarten school picture, that has 'I love you, Daddy' written on it. She's always made fun of me because I never changed that picture out. It's like my resistance to her getting older. It was the first thing she'd ever written to me and it means the world to me.

Objection is when I say: this doesn't suit me. Resistance is when I make sure that what doesn't suit me never happens again.

They reality is that we have 70% of our voters use a punch card system that I tried to change and that bipartisan resistance in the legislature stopped.

I really believe in non-violence, but I also believe in a short of resistance that has to be respectful.

This bloody past suggests to us that enemies cease hostilities only when they are battered enough to acknowledge that there is no hope in victory - and thus that further resistance means only useless sacrifice.