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Revolt Quotes by Henry Steele Commager
- America was born of revolt, flourished on dissent, became great through experimentation.
- 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.…
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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… — Chinua Achebe
- To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality… — Mikhail Bakunin
- It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence. — James Russell Lowell
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being. — Albert Camus
- The person who is really in revolt is the optimist, who generally lives and dies in a desperate and suicidal effort to… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is… — Rebecca West
- The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go… — Niccolo Machiavelli