Quotes about Defiance

Oh my brethren, Bold hearted men are always called mean-spirited by cowards!

Gavroche added: I authorize you to hit 'em a tremendous whack.

Gavroche added: I authorize you to hit 'em a tremendous whack.

Invading armies can be resisted, invading ideas cannot be.

To drive free, to love free, to court destruction with taunts. One brief house of madness and joy!

You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise.

Rosa Parks commented, "People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

Yet there is nothing emotional or rebellious in her countenance; it is one of profound, inexorable calm; but one feels the tense vitality, the primitive fire, the untamed strength in the defiant immobility of her slender body, the proud line of her head held high, the sweep of her tousled hair. " Excerpt From: Ayn Rand. "Night of January 16th.

What is my life, if I am but to bow, to agree, and to obey?

She saw the man below looking at her, she saw the insolent hint of amusement tell her that he knew she did not want him to look at her now. She turned her head away.

She saw the man below looking at her, she saw the insolent hint of amusement tell her that he knew she did not want him to look at her now. She turned her head away.

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.