Uprising Quotes

107 quotes by 100 authors

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do… — Aristotle
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful… — Chinua Achebe
That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like the Phil Spector records. On… — Lester Bangs
And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what they… — Madeleine Albright
I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously. — David Byrne
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is. — James Branch Cabell
Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in reality, ideologies of consent and… — Albert Camus
Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against. — Thomas Carlyle
Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776. — Susan B. Anthony
Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest. — Yasser Arafat
The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings. — Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms or other types of arms. The… — Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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
Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance,… — William James
Food Throwers: Begun usually by estranged couples, once this victual flinging starts, everyone will do it...Should your dinner party have become an out of control… — J P Donleavy
Comrades! The kulak uprising in your five districts must be crushed without pity. You must make example of these people. (1) Hang (I mean hang… — Vladimir Lenin
An uprising of the reasonable is our only chance. — Keith Olbermann
White America has seen to it that Black history has been suppressed in schools and in American history books. The bravery of hundreds of our… — Huey Newton
New every morning is the love Our waking and uprising prove, Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life and power and thought. — John Keble
Walking the streets on winter nights kept him warm, despite the cold nocturnal passions of uprising winds. His footsteps led between trade-marked houses, two up… — Alan Sillitoe

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