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.

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.

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

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

Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was believed before.

Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was believed before.

I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.

I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.

Unthread the rude eye of rebellion,
And welcome home again discarded faith.

Unthread the rude eye of rebellion,
And welcome home again discarded faith.

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.