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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.
The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion
The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
