Uprisings Quotes
14 quotes by 13 authors
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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
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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
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The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings.
— Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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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
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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
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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
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The worst enemy of humanity is U.S. capitalism. That is what provokes uprisings like our own, a rebellion against a system, against a neoliberal model,…
— Evo Morales
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Each situation has to be evaluated separately, for all are different. In general, I believe in non-violent direct action, which involve organizing large numbers of…
— Howard Zinn
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The ruthless economic exploitation and political oppression of the peasants by the landlord class forced them into numerous uprisings against its rule.... It was the…
— Mao Zedong
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I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those who…
— Linton Kwesi Johnson
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For a group of people who claimed to be concerned for her safety, they did seem to have developed rather a habit of encouraging uprisings…
— Kristin Cashore
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Some of the greatest uprisings and consequent civil wars in Mexico have centered squarely on the ownership of land.
— Wole Soyinka
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Before the American Revolution there were frequent slave uprisings, and a lot of people would run away.
— Edward Ball
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Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance,…
— William James
Who Wrote These Uprisings Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 14 Uprisings Quotes as follows: