Rebellions Quotes
20 quotes by 18 authors
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Rebellions of the belly are the worst.
— Francis Bacon
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So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power, isn't because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it's not…
— Stokely Carmichael
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Why suspend the habeas corpus in insurrections and rebellions? Examine the history of England. See how few of the cases of the suspension of the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
— Edmund Burke
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On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of that…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Rebellions tend to be negative, to denounce and expose the enemy without providing a positive vision of a new future...A revolution is not just for…
— Grace Lee Boggs
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I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in…
— Thomas Jefferson
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As Day and other observers had reported, the slaves were leading very comfortable lives. After this tactic [slave rebellions in the South] failed, it became…
— Eustace Mullins
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White America has seen to it that Black history has been suppressed in schools and in American history books. The bravery of hundreds of our…
— Huey Newton
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No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power; and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without acquiring sea power.
— Samuel Eliot Morison
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No one was ever born without that light or flame of life. Some event, some person stifles or drowns it altogether. I was always tempted…
— Anais Nin
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I am fascinated by all the new technology that creates places for us to meet in what is called cyberspace. I understand what it must…
— Henning Mankell
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It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without,…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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In the Christian world... it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil…
— Emanuel Swedenborg
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But even quashed rebellions leave us different. Because freedom may be a forbidden fruit in tyrannies, but once tasted, it is unforgettable.
— Justina Chen
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If you’re listening to this, congratulations! You survived Doomsday. I’d like to apologize straightaway for any inconvenience the end of the world may have caused…
— Rick Riordan
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Successful rebellions always begin in secret.
— Stephen King
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It seems like the rebellions never stop, in the city, in the compound, anywhere. There are just breaths between them, and foolishly, we call those…
— Veronica Roth
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
— Nancy Gibbs
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The 'Overlord Instinct' or the 'I'm the King of the Castle' syndrome works in our favour when we crush rebellions. The traitors are safe and…
— Johannes Dixen
Who Wrote These Rebellions Quotes
18 authors contributed a total of 20 Rebellions Quotes as follows: