Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion.

Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion.

An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.

An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling read more

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.

Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to read more

Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment.

To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, read more

To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

The worst of rebels never arm
To do their king or country harm,
But draw their swords read more

The worst of rebels never arm
To do their king or country harm,
But draw their swords to do them good,
As doctors cure by letting blood.

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

As long as our social order regards the good of institutions rather than the good of men, so long will read more

As long as our social order regards the good of institutions rather than the good of men, so long will there be a vocation for the rebel.