Quotes about Rebellion

the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars...

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

There is an alternative to war. It's staying in bed and growing your hair.

The wind of revolutions is not tractable.

Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.

The reason why wicked men and devils hate God is, because they see Him in relation to themselves. Their hearts rise up in rebellion, because they see Him opposed to their selfishness.

Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms.

When a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all regal powers, he then, in the single person of a man, fights against his own majesty and kingship.

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

Men will allow God to be everywhere except on his Throne

This is teenage madness.

The Mexican war made three presidential candidates, Scott, Taylor and Pierce—and any number of aspirants for that high office. It made also governors of States, members of the cabinet, foreign ministers and other officers of high rank both in state and nation. The rebellion, which contained more war in a single