All 3 Uses of
dissent
in
This I Believe
- Foreword STUDS TERKEL "AT A TIME WHEN THE TIDE RUNS toward a sure conformity, when dissent is often confused with subversion, when a man's belief may be subject to investigation as well as his actions …"†
Chpt Frwd.
- So long as conscionable and caring people are around, so long as they are not muted or exiled, so long as they remain alert in thought and action, there is a chance for contagions of the right stuff, whereby democracy becomes no longer a choice of lesser evils, whereby the right to vote is not betrayed by staying away from the polls, whereby the freedoms of speech, assembly, religion, and dissent are never forsaken.†
Chpt 12
- He spoke of a time when "dissent is often confused with subversion."
Chpt 81 *dissent = disagreement
Definition:
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(dissent) to disagree; or disagreement or conflict -- typically between people who cooperate, and often with official or majority beliefseditor's notes: A Supreme Court dissenting opinion is a written opinion that represents the beliefs of one or more justices who disagreed with the majority.