Sentence examples for general dissent from inspiring English sources

In the intervening years, Davis has shown every sign of making himself comfortable on the backbenches as the voice of general dissent.

Beijing also can't let the popular outrage over food-safety turn into more general dissent against its authority.

Growing African nationalism and general dissent, particularly in Nyasaland, persuaded Britain to dissolve the Union in 1963, forming three separate divisions.

But I have noticed that when an HIV-positive man takes a public stance without the "woe is me" pretense, that is the general dissent.

(Two attorneys general dissented).

The men singled out by General Taguba dissented despite the threat of being ridiculed or even court-martialed for not following orders.

Religious tolerance aside, what they have in common with Tunisia is a general intolerance toward dissent, whether secular or religious.

Born of despair following the Conservatives' 1987 election victory, it represented in the words of Andrew Puddephatt, its director, "a general expression of dissent" against Thatcherism.

"The general climate of dissent, the mistrust toward the upper classes and governing classes — these aren't things we normally associate with the United States," he said.

For many, justice has been too partial in post-genocide Rwanda; many of Mr Kagame's men, estimated by the UN to have killed up to 45,000 people between April and August 1994, have got off lightly.These draconian laws chime with the government's general dislike of dissent.

Many think it's weakness that drove the government to open up about this threat from within - a need to stamp out other rivals, or crush more general flickers of dissent, as economic hardship continues to bite.