Quotes About Defiance

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

The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival.

When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.

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

Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!" "But no living man am I!

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

The man who denounces life merely defines himself as the man who is unequal to it.

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.

I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at once for not yielding.

For man's only weapon is courage that flinches not from the gates of Hell itself, and against such not even the legions of Hell can stand.

As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable.

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

I bend my knee to no man. Unless I choose to.

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.

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

No man bosses me around, and no man ever will.

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.

There's a line in the picture where he snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.

Once freedom lights its beacon in man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.

Liberty isn't a thing you are given as a present. You can be a free man under a dictatorship. It is sufficient if you struggle against it.

Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.

A man can be destroyed, but he can't be defeated.

I have a personality defect where I sort of refuse to see myself as an underdog... It's because of my parents. They raised me with the entitlement of a tall, blond, white man.