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Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

One of the features of a democracy is the disentanglement of the sacred from the secular because in religiously pluralistic countries, no one can legitimately claim special status by faith membership.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

I understand the principles of dissent in parliament.

Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief.

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

There's a tradition in the history of dissent in authoritarian countries of a certain kind of dissident, and their form of dissent is to live their lives as normally as possible.

A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.

Managing dissent is about recognizing the value of disagreement, discord and difference.