A Quote by Alveda King

Protest is OK. But protests, according to my King family legacy, should be peaceful.

Alveda King

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According Family King Legacy OK Peaceful Protest Protests Should

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Alveda King
American - Priest
Born: January 22, 1951

It is absolutely ludicrous that abortion supporters would accuse a blood relative of Dr. King of hijacking the King legacy. Uncle Martin and my father, Rev. A. D. King were blood brothers. How can I hijack something that belongs to me? I am an heir to the King Family legacy.

Alveda King

What has happened to protesters in the past was that, basically, the government in 2012 put an end to a series of mass protests by changing laws, by making it possible to arrest anybody for protests, and by making basically a show of imprisoning not just protest leaders, and not specifically protest leaders, but activists, rank-and-file protest participants. That gets across the idea that anybody who joins a protest without being an organizer, without being a visible leader, risks arrest, and not risks just arrest, but years in a Russian jail.

Masha Gessen

People are absolutely free to criticize the government and protest, but their protests should be in such a way as to improve the situation in the country and their life.

Hassan Rouhani

We look at the legacy of Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells and Ella Baker, Malcolm X and Martin King. We have, and part of the struggle now in the age of [Barack] Obama is how do we keep alive the legacy of Martin King?

Cornel West

Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.

Barack Obama

Protests are the very essence of America! It is a country founded in protest.

Max Boot

I was involved in some peaceful protests.

Todd Akin

After this urgent protest against entering into battle at Gettysburg according to instructions - which protest is the first and only one I ever made during my entire military career - I ordered my line to advance and make the assault.

John B. Hood

I support peaceful protests and the rule of law, and denounce all acts of violence.

Lauren Boebert

No one wants police brutality. No one wants inequality. But what I worry about it is when a protest becomes so large and the noise takes over that the original motivation for the protest and the conversation that should go with that protest gets lost.