Revolt Quotes
202 quotes by 165 authors
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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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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different…
— Chinua Achebe
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The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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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…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
— Albert Camus
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I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.
— Albert Camus
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The person who is really in revolt is the optimist, who generally lives and dies in a desperate and suicidal effort to persuade other people…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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A creature revolting against a creator is revolting against the source of his own powers-including even his power to revolt...It is like the scent of…
— C.S. Lewis
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Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured smile can work…
— William Hazlitt
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Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.
— Lewis Mumford
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He had never seen a woman doctor before, and his whole conservative soul rose up in revolt at the idea. He could not recall any…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Negro revolt is not aimed at winning friends but at winning freedom, not interpersonal warmth but institutional justice.
— John Henry Cox
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The Negro's so-called 'revolt' is merely an asking to be accepted into the existing system!
— Malcolm X
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Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is accompanied by sincere…
— Rebecca West
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The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence.
— James Russell Lowell
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If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination…
— Charles Horton Cooley
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There is indeed no such thing in life as absolute darkness; one's eyes revolt and hasten to fill the vacuum by floating in sparks, dream…
— Gelett Burgess
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The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat.
— Agnes Repplier
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Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity…
— Camille Paglia
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