"Unfortunately, the outside world is making a mistake by exaggerating the importance of these protests," an Iranian journalist usually sympathetic to the Greens told me.
Sarkozy had been slow to grasp the importance of the popular protests against repressive regimes in the Arab world.
And the greatest long-term importance of the 1925 protests lay in the way they swelled the ranks of the country's two main radical groups, both the well-established Nationalist Party (that later took a conservative turn under Chiang Kai-shek) and a fledgling organization known as the Chinese Communist Party.
One year later, Nixon discusses the importance of peaceful protest, the ubiquity of cameras and the law enforcement changes made in Ferguson and throughout his state.
They are reminding us of the importance of dissent and protest in our nation's history.
Together, Tubman's portrait on the 20-dollar bill and the scenes planned for the backs of the five- and 10-dollar bills which will depict eight additional historic figures involved in the movements for civil rights, gender equality, and the abolition of slavery will emphasize the importance of dissent and protest in strengthening American democracy. .
We were very pleased that, in response to public outrage, this plan was quickly scrapped – a powerful testament to the importance of the right to protest and freely express dissent.
And although the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. first heard of Gandhi's ideas in 1950, it was not until Mr. Rustin became a trusted adviser that he began to realize the importance of nonviolent protest as the best strategy to end segregation.
As the blogger and activist who writes as Sudanese Thinker, Amir Ahmad Nasr, explains in a post on the uprising for Foreign Policy, the authorities are aware of the importance of the Internet to the protest movement.
Picking up his award, Morgan delivered a brief but impassioned speech about the importance of public protest, talking about the days after Diana's death.
