Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three…

I understand politically that uprisings take place as a combination of spontaneity and preparation, not that preparation is more important than spontaneity.

— Vijay Prashad

I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those…

— Linton Kwesi Johnson

The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings.

— Toyotomi Hideyoshi

There are several studies done of peasant uprisings where the first chapter might be 'conditions in that area' and so the conditions are bad,…

— Vijay Prashad

And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what…

— Madeleine Albright

Over the last two or so decades, there's been an increase in thinking among the Left, liberals, intellectuals in the direction of so-called spontaneity.…

— Vijay Prashad

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not…

— Chinua Achebe

Before the American Revolution there were frequent slave uprisings, and a lot of people would run away.

— Edward Ball

Some of the greatest uprisings and consequent civil wars in Mexico have centered squarely on the ownership of land.

— Wole Soyinka

“The words from across the ocean were beaten out of them over time. For simplicity, to erase their identities, to smother uprisings.”

— Colson Whitehead

“There will always be new opposites, class struggles and uprisings. History has no ending.”

— Henning Mankell

[Vladimir] Putin's Russia is only indirectly concerned with the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a means of maintaining its sphere of influence. I…

— Garry Kasparov

Of course, no state accepts [that it should call] the people it is imprisoning or detaining for political reasons, political prisoners. They don't call…

— Julian Assange

Karabakh conflict has a strong influence on the political climate both in Azerbaijan and Armenia. It is obvious, too, that the Azerbaijani leadership can…

— Garry Kasparov

Azerbaijan unleashed the war, and was defeated in that war; Azerbaijan asked for truce (including from the Commander of Karabakh's forces) and later started…

— Serzh Sargsyan