Quotes About Resistance

But the story stays the same: some of us would rather die than change. We love what will destroy us

In September 1944 there were 7,487,000 foreigners in Germany, most of them there against their will, and they constituted 21 percent of the country's labour force.

After WWII] the only source of collective national pride were the armed partisan resistance movements that had fought the invader - which is why it was in western Europe where real resistance had actually been least in evidence, that the myth of the Resistance mattered most.

The greater your success, the greater the forces that will try to confine you.

If you meet god, tell him to just leave me alone!

Which meant I got left with Quinn yet again. Given the time he was taking to make his decision, I wasn't exactly happy about that. I mean, putting me with him was like flashing chocolate my way then telling me I couldn't have it. It was just plain mean.

Starke, release me or I'll kick you in the balls." And that would hurt, given the current rock-hard state of that area.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that will sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. —Robert F Kennedy South Africa,

You mentioned that the McGillahees would fight if provoked. I intend to provoke the bloody hell out of you right here and now.

Jamie's eyes narrow. 'I ain't pulling over for no one.' he shoots back. 'But if you fancy a ride, hop in.

His (Juggut Singh's) equation with authority was simple: he was on the other side. Personalities did not come into it. Subinspectors & policemen were people in khaki who frequently arrested him, always abused him, and sometimes beat him. Since they abused him and beat him without anger or hate, they were not human beings with names. They were only denominations one tried to get the better of. If one failed, it was just bad luck.

We felt the one thing the system feared was angry women. We wanted milk for the children.

I've always felt uncomfortable giving people what they want or expect.

In England, people had been loudly proclaiming the death of the guitar and the birth of the synthesizer, but Sonic Youth and other American guitar bands started to create a buzz.

The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history.

But don't think for a moment I don't know what you're up to. And I won't always be so easily manipulated." "Ma-nip-u-lated." Peter scowled. "I do not know what this means." Her chin thrust out. "Oh, yes you do.

Thad! Let me go right now!" "No, ma'am." He pulled, drawing her along beside him. "As sheriff, my job's to protect folks. An' you obviously need protecting.

The Nazis are trying to control what we can read." Madame Marcelle shook her head. "It's much worse than that," she said. "Controlling the newspaper makes sense in an occupied land. Novels and works of literature are art in the same way that songs are art. It's wrong to burn them. It's wrong to ban them.

Many leaders in the church do not want to deal with things that relate to the devil.

Henry requests Sin marry Caledonia) I would sooner geld myself. Drunk. With a dull knife. (Sin)

Don't touch me, Nora. (Ewan) Why? (Nora) If you touch me, I'll kiss you, and if I kiss you right now, I'm not sure I'll have the strength to pull back and be satisfied with just the taste of your lips. (Ewan)

No," I say. "I'm not leaving her." Martin rolls his eyes. "Do I need to call security?" he asks. "Go ahead. Call them," I say. "I will kill every person who comes into this room.

Dictator can only be managed by a force greater than their dictatorship.

we are at the threshold of a radical systemic change that requires human beings to adapt continuously. As a result, we may witness an increasing degree of polarization in the world, marked by those who embrace change versus those who resist it.