Quotes About Resistance

In some ways, District 13 is even more controlling than the Capitol.

Desearía demostrarle al Capitolio que no soy una pieza más de sus juegos. —Peeta Mellark.

only my flesh yields, my warmth taken. Stone conquers people every time.

keep wishing I could think of a way to . . . to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

I'll be your Mockingjay

There's quite a difference between skirting the rules and putting musket balls through them.

All the devil asks is acquiescence; not conflict, not struggle. Acquiescence.

Jamie: Maybe you could stop being a neat freak and ease off with barking orders at me. Dante: I resent the neat-freak statement. And I do not bark. Jamie: Sure you don't, Popeye. Dante: And it wouldn't kill you to use the shoe rack. I mean, it's right by the door. Jamie: Stop putting my CD's in chronological order, and I'll work on the shoe rock thing. Dante: How about alphabetical order? Jamie: How about you go to therapy?

Truth is, I don't know what Deacon wants anymore - it's not just physical. Whatever it is must scare him, though, and I'm the one who ends up getting hurt. So I make the concerted effort to resist his temptation, even if sometimes I'd like nothing more than to surround myself with his affection.

I would rather die fighting for what is right, than live passively amidst all that is wrong.

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We are in conflict with the world; otherwise, there would be no necessity to put forth tremendous effort to meet the world and its demands.

Every revolutionary poet or lyricist has been criticised for something. If you come up with something new, there will always be people who will object to it.

All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.

Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified.

Would you allow a people to come from somewhere else and occupy a part of the United States, and set up an independent state, and, after 50 years, you would not be able to stay on this land?

I know how lazy I am. So if I have to go somewhere else I can't get to easily, I talk myself out of it.

It was a kind of siren song that called me out to the front lines.

'Angel Of Death' was a big problem. I remember getting a phone call after the album was done: Sony wasn't going to release it.

I took a strong stand to get away from Sony Records.

But these realities will make themselves felt soon enough and while I am certainly not asking you to close your eyes to the experiences of earlier generations, I want to advise you not to conform too soon and to resist the pressure of practical necessity.

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.

The resistance will be exclusively conducted by only one group. This new group will be defined soon by me.

We will defend ourselves, and we have full rights to do so. If the authorities try to destroy us, we have the right to rise up. Sooner or later this will happen.