CURATED COLLECTION

The Courage to Resist

Resistance begins internally, in the refusal to normalize what should never be normal.

59 quotes found

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To be invisible is to not exist. And yet, here I am.

—Manjula PadmanabhanAuthor & Playwright

Contemporary ERA • South Asia

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I write because nobody has the right to silence me.

—Maryse CondéNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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I have been a slave, I am now free, and I am a woman.

—Sojourner TruthAbolitionist & Activist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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I would rather die free than live as a slave.

—Samori TouréEmperor

Industrial Age ERA • West Africa

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They can cut all the flowers, but they cannot keep spring from coming.

—Pablo NerudaPoet & Diplomat

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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Music is a weapon in the struggle for liberation.

—Miriam MakebaActivist

Post-War ERA • Southern Africa

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Freedom is not a gift, but a perpetual conquest, demanding vigilance and courage.

—Carmen NaranjoPoet & Novelist

Post-War ERA • Central America

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Language is the home that cannot be taken from you.

—Pham Thi HoaiNovelist & Essayist

Late Modern ERA • Southeast Asia

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We will not allow this land to be taken from us without a fight.

—Mekatilili wa MenzaActivist

Industrial Age ERA • East Africa

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Latin American identity is not static; it is a constant, creative construction, forged through resistance.

—Marta TrabaCritic & Novelist

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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We fought for independence, for our homeland, for our people's dignity.

—Chin PengAuthor & Thinker

Contemporary ERA • Southeast Asia

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They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds.

—Rosario CastellanosPoet, Novelist & Diplomat

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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We are more than what was done to us.

—Earl LovelaceNovelist & Playwright

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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I shall not be a slave. I am a queen.

—Njinga MbandeQueen

Renaissance ERA • Southern Africa

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I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear.

—Rosa ParksActivist

Post-War ERA • North America

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I will die, but my cause will triumph.

—Túpac Amaru IIAuthor & Thinker

Enlightenment ERA • Latin America

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I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I never ran my train off the track.

—Harriet TubmanAbolitionist & Activist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Ethiopia has need of no one. She stretches her hands to God.

—Emperor Menelik IIEmperor

Industrial Age ERA • East Africa

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Even in prison, one can retain one's humanity.

—Alex La GumaNovelist & Activist

Post-War ERA • Southern Africa

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If you men of Ashanti will not go forward, then we women will.

—Yaa AsantewaaQueen

Industrial Age ERA • West Africa

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