dissentients

One of the more depressing aspects of this is the "news management" of the story by the BBC, who delightedly showed the Blairesque General Synod Claque (with a few principled dissentients) applauding this loose-tongued Archbishop.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

One of the more depressing aspects of this is the "news management" of the story by the BBC, who delightedly showed the Blairesque General Synod Claque (with a few principled dissentients) applauding this loose-tongued Archbishop.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

BITTERMANN: And experts say the outburst of violence, once again, demonstrated how tense the suburbs remain over housing and unemployment among the dissentients of immigrants, the same two issues as two years ago.

CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2007 2007

If we are to have any Utopia at all, we must have a clear common purpose, and a great and steadfast movement of will to override all these incurably egotistical dissentients.

A Modern Utopia Herbert George 2006

The ideas of treaties and contracts with exterior administrations and of any diplomatic dealings with dissentients were abandoned.

The Shape of Things to Come Herbert George 2006

And thus is kept up a state of things very satisfactory to some minds, because, without the unpleasant process of fining or imprisoning anybody, it maintains all prevailing opinions outwardly undisturbed, while it does not absolutely interdict the exercise of reason by dissentients afflicted with the malady of thought.

On Liberty 2002

It is accordingly on this battle-field, almost solely, that the rights of the individual against society have been asserted on broad grounds of principle, and the claim of society to exercise authority over dissentients openly controverted.

On Liberty 2002

When there are persons to be found, who form an exception to the apparent unanimity of the world on any subject, even if the world is in the right, it is always probable that dissentients have something worth hearing to say for themselves, and that truth would lose something by their silence.

On Liberty 2002

Instead of being, as at first, constantly on the alert either to defend themselves against the world, or to bring the world over to them, they have subsided into acquiescence, and neither listen, when they can help it, to arguments against their creed, nor trouble dissentients (if there be such) with arguments in its favor.

On Liberty 2002

There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides.

Animal Farm Orwell, George, 1903-1950 1971