Agitation Quote by Christopher Hayes

Insurrection: Insurrection as soon as circumstances allow: insurrection, strenuous, ubiquitous: the insurrection of the masses: the holy war of the oppressed: the republic to…

— Giuseppe Mazzini

“Revolution is progressivist and seeks the strengthening of the state; rebellion is reactionary and seeks its disappearance. The revolutionary is a potential government official;…

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.

— Leon Trotsky

INSURRECTION, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

— Ambrose Bierce

“The concurrence of two elements is necessary for bringing about a revolution; and by revolution I do not mean the street warfare, nor the…

— Pyotr Kropotkin

“Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this fact is recognized,—that the human race has been treated harshly, but…

— Victor Hugo

“Revolution is not a dinner party, nor an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully,…

— Rahul Pandita

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions

— Victor Hugo

Rebellion is not going to go away...What has been unleashed, I think, can't be stopped...The importance of continuing acts of resistance is that it…

— Chris Hedges

All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings,…

— Edward Abbey

A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are done, we recognize one thing: that the human race has been badly manhandled,…

— Victor Hugo