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  • Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

    "Get Up, Stand Up" (song) (1973).
  • 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 (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.182, Schocken
  • In the ’60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the civil rights movement, the women’s rights movement, the antiwar movement. It wasn’t just Bob Dylan, it was everybody at the time.

    "George Clooney on Good Night and Good Luck". Interview with Rob Nelson, www.motherjones.com. November 2005.
  • Where have all the flowers gone

    Nature   Flower   Gone  
    Song: Where Have All the Flowers Gone
  • The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.

    Song   Writing   Protest  
    "Joan Baez on the new protest era: The whole world's watching". Interview with Greg Kot, articles.chicagotribune.com. October 26, 2011.
  • Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make us clap, make us dance, and laugh and sing.' It really made me think about the importance of happy music.

    Song   War   Thinking  
  • The nice thing about a protest song is that it takes the complaint, the fussing, the finger-pointing, and gives it an added component of sociable harmony.

    Song   Nice   Giving  
    "Four Protest Songs". www.newyorker.com. October 8, 2012.
  • I understand why people get desensitized and roll their eyes when they hear a protest song, or even a politician making some flowery speech. It doesn't really change anything.

    Song   Eye   People  
    "Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes". Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. December 11, 2007.
  • I won't be indulging in anger anymore, vehemently and self-righteously singing protest songs, and expecting them to bring peace to me or anyone else.

    Song   Self   Singing  
    Source: thequietus.com
  • Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take.

    Song   Long   Form  
    David Levithan (2008). “Wide Awake”, p.5, Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • I suspect many readers might associate [Bob Dylan] with one of the shortest phases of his career, the time from 1963 to '65 when he wrote his most famous "protest songs," like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin.'"

    Song   Wind   Careers  
    Source: www.thedailybeast.com
  • A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.

    Song   Mistake   Bullshit  
    Liner notes for compilation album "The Broadside Tapes 1" by Phil Ochs, 1989.
  • It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.

    Song   Writing   Natural  
    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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