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    Quotes about Protest Songs
    One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.
    —Phil Ochs, in Broadside magazine (1962)
    A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.
    —Phil Ochs, in the liner notes for The Broadside Tapes 1

    Satan: Beyond these doors is an agony worse than all others... you will remain in here for eternity listening to... [opens door] WHINY PROTEST SONGS FROM THE SIXTIES!
    Singer: Oh I hate the government
    More than you hate me
    The government took my goldfish
    And unplugged my TV

    Warners: [Scream]
    —Animaniacs, "Hot, Bothered and Bedeviled"

    Quotes from Protest Songs
    "We got to fight the Powers That Be!"
    —Public Enemy, "Fight The Power"

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