#resistance

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max. ↗

— Johnny Rotton

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You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil. ↗

— John Ruskin

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We have not forgotten the occupier. We remain a resistance. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

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

— Muqtada al Sadr

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Our rejection of the occupier at heart is resistance. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

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Out of my desire to complete Iraq's independence and to finish the withdrawal of the occupation forces from our holy lands, I am obliged to halt military operations of the honest Iraqi resistance until the withdrawal of the occupation forces is complete. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

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The main reason for the armed resistance is the American military presence. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

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The resistance will be exclusively conducted by only one group. This new group will be defined soon by me. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

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