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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.
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, read more
As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
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.
Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway,
Meeting the check of such another day;
And since read more
Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway,
Meeting the check of such another day;
And since this business so fair is done,
Let us not leave till all our own be won.
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.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is read more
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
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.
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
