Quotes About Rebellion

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

When one man says, "No, I won't," Rome begins to fear.

We follow ideas and not men, and rebel against this habit of embodying a principle in a man.

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.

The very first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom -- Lucifer.

Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant state of dissatisfaction with themselves.

Had you fought like a man, you need not have been hang'd like a dog.

Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me.

To me, an outlaw is a man that did things his own way, whether you liked him or not. I did things my own way.

When the white man turns tyrant, it is his own freedom that he destroys

Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms.

There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled.

Dada aimed to destroy the reasonable deceptions of man and recover the natural and unreasonable order.

Read about a few men who wear (or wore) bow ties as an act of defiance, and check out a tie that makes a strong statement. Bow ties are cool.

Rebellion against a king may be pardoned, or lightly punished, but the man who dares to rebel against the laws of a republic ought to suffer death.

In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.

It was obvious that he was a man who marched through life to the rhythms of some drum I would never hear.

"You listen to Portishead, you're not like the others. Want some coke?" I'm like, "Nah, man."

I guess this is why I hate governments, all governments. It is always the rule, the fine print, carried out by fine-print men. There's nothing to fight, no wall to hammer with frustrated fists.

When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles

No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic.

Neither man nor God is going to tell me what to write.

You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.