Rebellious Quotes
244 quotes by 202 authors
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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs,…
— Hannah Arendt
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Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
— Aristotle
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Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn't normal. I didn't have to go to school, so I didn't. I was rebellious by nature. I spent…
— Drew Barrymore
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them…
— Samuel Adams
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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is…
— Samuel Adams
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Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right…
— Samuel Adams
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority…
— Samuel Adams
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We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.
— Samuel Adams
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In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious,…
— Charles Baudelaire
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It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
— Josh Billings
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Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
— Josh Billings
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My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.
— Jo Brand
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I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life.
— Charles Bukowski
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To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and…
— Carlos Castaneda
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I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does…
— Fidel Castro
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Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible,…
— Arthur C. Clarke
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Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism and…
— Alan Barth
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You say, "Well, I am not going to be anyone's 'yes man.' If I see something wrong in a person, I'm going to warn others…
— Francis Frangipane
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The more I learnt about this cheeky - almost rebellious - company, the more it appealed to me, as it unapologetically pointed to an alternative…
— Jonathan Ive
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