Quotes About Rebellion

The French have a passion for revolution but an abhorrence of change.

Den I wish I was in Dixie Hooray! Hooray! In Dixie Land I'll take my stand To lib and die in Dixie.

If there is not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government.

Peace is a rare gift. Peace of mind, peaceful sleeps, and peaceful spirits are all luxuries that few rebels can ever afford.

Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there's peace. Well, I ain't for that peace at all.

To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.

A consistent peace activist must be an anarchist.

But not all men seek rest and peace; some are born with the spirit of the storm in their blood.

Agitation prevents rebellion, keeps the peace, and secures progress. Every step she gains is gained forever. Muskets are the weapons of animals. Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all - he must fight to uphold it, unceasingly.

The world needs something stronger than any possible rebellion against its peace. In other words it needs a federal world government embodying a new conception of human life as one whole.

I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.

It's just that very few poets disturb the peace to any degree.

When I go into the stores, I pet the saddles. Until security comes and takes me away.

Face flushed, I shook my head and stared at my white-knuckled grip on the bed. Of all my pet peeves, condescending adults were probably at the top of the list.

We were just killing time, we were young and restless, and needed to unwind. There ain't nothing that lasts forever, forever.

Underachievers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose except your fright.

The name Bowie just appealed to me when I was younger. I was into a kind of heavy philosophy thing when I was 16 years old, and I wanted a truism about cutting through the lies and all that.

Anarchism as a political philosophy seeks to dissolve all forms of authority and power, and if possible, wishes their complete abolition.

The best things in life are crazy.

Original philosophy is always "deviant" or even subversive.

Fight Club is a thrill ride masquerading as philosophy - the kind of ride where some people puke and others can't wait to get on again.

Who says I like right angles? These are not my laws, these are not my rules.

Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and Cæsar, In the calm lights of mild philosophy.