Revolt Quotes

202 quotes by 165 authors

Popular revolt against a ruthless, experienced modern dictatorship, which enjoys a monopoly over weapons and communications, ... is simply not a possibility in the modern… — George F. Kennan
America was born of revolt, flourished on dissent, became great through experimentation. — Henry Steele Commager
My opinion is that there would never have been an infidel, if there had never been a priest. The artificial structures they have built on… — Thomas Jefferson
The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans. A revolt from people who were… — Danny Glover
To the extent that the (ISIS's) advance is a series of urban revolts against the government of PM Nouri al-Maliki, the US would end up… — Juan Cole
We have been adopted as sons by the Lord with this one condition; that our life expresses Christ, the bond of our adoption. Accordingly, unless… — John Calvin
All art is a revolt against man's fate. — Andre Malraux
The black revolt is as palpable in letters as it is in the streets. — Hoyt W. Fuller
We should not forget that our tradition is one of protest and revolt and that it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past.… — Henry Steele Commager
The most difficult struggle of all is the one within ourselves. Let us not get accustomed and adjusted to these conditions. The one who adjusts… — Mordechai Anielewicz
General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked. — Edmund Burke
"It is against their own insoluble problem of being human that the dull and base in humanity are in revolt in anti-Semitism. Judaism, nevertheless, together… — Hermann Rauschning
I am obliged to confess that I do not regard the abolition of slavery as a means of warding off the struggle of the two… — Alexis de Tocqueville
You donâ€™t know what order with freedom means! You only know what revolt against oppression is! You donâ€™t know that the rod, discipline, violence, the… — Gustav Landauer
Begum Hazrat Mahal of Oudh was the last of the breed of able queens and generals. The queen led her kingdom's army into battle during… — Qurratulain Hyder
A government creates its own revolution. There can be no revolt without it. — William Powell
The dominance of [an ideology] is shown by the fact that the dominated classes live their conditions of political existence through the forms of dominant… — Nicos Poulantzas
I don't think anything will change until Americans revolt and get it into their heads that they need to be informed voters instead of just… — Deborah Pryce
If the East Timorians decide to revolt, Im sure Ill have a statement. — George W. Bush
Revolt, for you have nothing to lose but your chains and your [refugee] tents! — George Habash

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