No Kings No Crowns
@nokingsnocrowns.bsky.social
Get off the mat and fight back.
We outnumber them.
Always remember.
And show them.
The streets cry out for justice.
All photographs my own.
https://abolishthecrown.com
https://instagram.com/nokingsnocrowns
https://x.com/NoKingsNoCrowns
We outnumber them.
Always remember.
And show them.
The streets cry out for justice.
All photographs my own.
https://abolishthecrown.com
https://instagram.com/nokingsnocrowns
https://x.com/NoKingsNoCrowns
"Call the rabble-rousers terrorists. Say their very existence weakens the state. In the end, the government need not do anything to silence dissent. Their neighbors will do it for them." — Kameron Hurley
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November 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Call the rabble-rousers terrorists. Say their very existence weakens the state. In the end, the government need not do anything to silence dissent. Their neighbors will do it for them." — Kameron Hurley
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"I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom." — Thomas Jefferson
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November 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom." — Thomas Jefferson
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"In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is a symbol of opportunity, citizenship, equality, freedom of speech and freedom of thought, and hence, is a symbol for democracy itself."
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is a symbol of opportunity, citizenship, equality, freedom of speech and freedom of thought, and hence, is a symbol for democracy itself."
"America is at a crossroads. A country that once stood as the global symbol of democracy has been teetering on the brink of authoritarianism." — Heather Cox Richardson
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November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
"America is at a crossroads. A country that once stood as the global symbol of democracy has been teetering on the brink of authoritarianism." — Heather Cox Richardson
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"I realized that this was the big secret of democracy -- that change can occur by starting off with just a few people doing something." — Michael Moore
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November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"I realized that this was the big secret of democracy -- that change can occur by starting off with just a few people doing something." — Michael Moore
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"Allowing ourselves to become a nation of silent, secretive, timid citizens is likely to result in a system of democracy and justice that is neither very democratic nor very just." — Dahlia Lithwick
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November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Allowing ourselves to become a nation of silent, secretive, timid citizens is likely to result in a system of democracy and justice that is neither very democratic nor very just." — Dahlia Lithwick
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"Democracy is always an unfinished experiment, testing the capacity of each generation to live freedom nobly." — George Weigel
📷 Washington, DC
📷 Washington, DC
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"Democracy is always an unfinished experiment, testing the capacity of each generation to live freedom nobly." — George Weigel
📷 Washington, DC
📷 Washington, DC
"Democracy is not a tearing down; it is a building up. It does not denial of the divine right of kings; it asserts the divine right of all men." — Calvin Coolidge
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November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"Democracy is not a tearing down; it is a building up. It does not denial of the divine right of kings; it asserts the divine right of all men." — Calvin Coolidge
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"The presence of the other, which can be very threatening, becomes, in play, a delightful source of curiosity, and this curiosity contributes toward the development of healthy attitudes in friendship, love, and, later, political life." — Martha C. Nussbaum
📷 Washington Square, NYC
📷 Washington Square, NYC
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"The presence of the other, which can be very threatening, becomes, in play, a delightful source of curiosity, and this curiosity contributes toward the development of healthy attitudes in friendship, love, and, later, political life." — Martha C. Nussbaum
📷 Washington Square, NYC
📷 Washington Square, NYC
"I venture the challenging statement that if American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking day and night by peaceful means to better the lot of our citizens, fascism will grow in strength in our land." — Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"I venture the challenging statement that if American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking day and night by peaceful means to better the lot of our citizens, fascism will grow in strength in our land." — Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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"The secret of the demagogue is to appear as dumb as his audience so that these people can believe themselves as smart as he is." — Harry Zohn
📷 Denver, Colorado
📷 Denver, Colorado
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"The secret of the demagogue is to appear as dumb as his audience so that these people can believe themselves as smart as he is." — Harry Zohn
📷 Denver, Colorado
📷 Denver, Colorado
"The perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of a democracy, but would basically be a prison without walls in which the prisoners would not even dream of escaping. It would be a system of slavery where, through consumption and entertainment, the slaves would love their servitudes." — Huxley
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
"The perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of a democracy, but would basically be a prison without walls in which the prisoners would not even dream of escaping. It would be a system of slavery where, through consumption and entertainment, the slaves would love their servitudes." — Huxley
"In the history of American democracy, we have had undisciplined presidents. We have had inexperienced presidents. We have had amoral presidents. Rarely if ever before have we had them all at once." — Anonymous
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November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"In the history of American democracy, we have had undisciplined presidents. We have had inexperienced presidents. We have had amoral presidents. Rarely if ever before have we had them all at once." — Anonymous
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"Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the capitalist’. Period." — Jerry Ash
📷 Washington, DC
📷 Washington, DC
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the capitalist’. Period." — Jerry Ash
📷 Washington, DC
📷 Washington, DC
"Two things form the bedrock of any open society — freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don’t have those things, you don’t have a free country." — Salman Rushdie
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November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Two things form the bedrock of any open society — freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don’t have those things, you don’t have a free country." — Salman Rushdie
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"Dictatorships usually exist primarily because of the internal power distribution in the home country. The population and society are too weak to cause the dictatorship serious problems, wealth and power are concentrated in too few hands." — Gene Sharp
📷 Washington, DC
📷 Washington, DC
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"Dictatorships usually exist primarily because of the internal power distribution in the home country. The population and society are too weak to cause the dictatorship serious problems, wealth and power are concentrated in too few hands." — Gene Sharp
📷 Washington, DC
📷 Washington, DC
"When a library is open, no matter its size or shape, democracy is open, too." — Bill Moyers
📷 Prospect Park, Brooklyn
📷 Prospect Park, Brooklyn
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
"When a library is open, no matter its size or shape, democracy is open, too." — Bill Moyers
📷 Prospect Park, Brooklyn
📷 Prospect Park, Brooklyn
"Here in America we are waging a war against want and destitution and economic demoralization. It is more than that; it is a war for the survival of democracy. We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world." — FDR
📷 New York, NY
📷 New York, NY
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Here in America we are waging a war against want and destitution and economic demoralization. It is more than that; it is a war for the survival of democracy. We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world." — FDR
📷 New York, NY
📷 New York, NY
"Without facts, you can’t have truth. Without truth, you can’t have trust. Without all three, we have no shared reality, and democracy as we know it—and all meaningful human endeavors—are dead."
— Maria Ressa
📷 Hudson, NY
— Maria Ressa
📷 Hudson, NY
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"Without facts, you can’t have truth. Without truth, you can’t have trust. Without all three, we have no shared reality, and democracy as we know it—and all meaningful human endeavors—are dead."
— Maria Ressa
📷 Hudson, NY
— Maria Ressa
📷 Hudson, NY
"Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy." — David Brin
📷 Washington, DC
📷 Washington, DC
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy." — David Brin
📷 Washington, DC
📷 Washington, DC
"America truly is the best idea for a country that anyone has ever come up with so far. Not only because we value democracy and the rights of the individual, but because we are always our own most effective voice of descent..." - Ferguson
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November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"America truly is the best idea for a country that anyone has ever come up with so far. Not only because we value democracy and the rights of the individual, but because we are always our own most effective voice of descent..." - Ferguson
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"[A]s long as individuals are compelled to rent themselves on the market to those who are willing to hire them, as long as their role in production is simply that of ancillary tools, then there are striking elements of coercion and oppression that make talk of democracy very limited." —Chomsky
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"[A]s long as individuals are compelled to rent themselves on the market to those who are willing to hire them, as long as their role in production is simply that of ancillary tools, then there are striking elements of coercion and oppression that make talk of democracy very limited." —Chomsky
"The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself."— Franklin Delano Roosevelt
📷 New Orleans, LA
📷 New Orleans, LA
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself."— Franklin Delano Roosevelt
📷 New Orleans, LA
📷 New Orleans, LA
"Liberal democracies always demanded things from citizens: participation, argument, effort, struggle. They always required some tolerance for cacophony and chaos, as well as some willingness to push back at the people who create cacophony and chaos."
— Anne Applebaum
📷 Pittsburgh, PA
— Anne Applebaum
📷 Pittsburgh, PA
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
"Liberal democracies always demanded things from citizens: participation, argument, effort, struggle. They always required some tolerance for cacophony and chaos, as well as some willingness to push back at the people who create cacophony and chaos."
— Anne Applebaum
📷 Pittsburgh, PA
— Anne Applebaum
📷 Pittsburgh, PA
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." — Louis D. Brandeis
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November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." — Louis D. Brandeis
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