Revolt Quotes

202 quotes by 160 authors

By rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side; on the other, vice and… — James Madison
Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor. — Karl Marx
I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward… — Jim Morrison
Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival. — John Boyd Orr
In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the… — Bertrand Russell
Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission. — Simone Weil
No matter how much control kids get over the media they watch, they are still utterly powerless when it comes to the manufacturing of brands.… — Douglas Rushkoff
But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master--something that at times strangely wills… — Charlotte Bronte
Revolt is the right of the people — John Locke
We are bound first to imform ourselves concerning so great a matter as the revolt of millions of people- what they are struggling for, what… — Voltairine de Cleyre
... I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong." 'A King can be better than that," the Prince insisted. "And so… — Catherynne M. Valente
Art and revolt will die only with the last man. — Albert Camus
It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream--making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation,… — Joseph Conrad
The cult of moral grayness is a revolt against moral values. — Ayn Rand
When one is pretending, the entire body revolts. — Anais Nin
Revolt and terror pay a price. Order and law have a cost. — Carl Sandburg
Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself. — Oscar Wilde
The memory of oppressed people is one thing that cannot be taken away, and for such people, with such memories, revolt is always an inch… — Howard Zinn
The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to… — James Madison
It may merely be apocryphal that when the Wizard saw the glass bottle he gasped, and clutched his heart. The story is told in so… — Gregory Maguire

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