Acquiesce or action?

When it comes to politics, should we keep quiet and maintain the status quo or risk rocking the boat and having instability? I think there should be a balance but ultimately I believe in standing up for our rights. For things may appear to be fine at that particular moment but if the moment there is an infringement on our rights I think we should try to do something about it because if we don't then it might lead to more and more violations and one day we'll wake up and find that we have no more rights..No doubt will be difficult and some people may say it won't change anything but at least we try rather than letting them step all over us.