Rebellion Quotes - Page 19

• [Christian rebellion] arises from the doctrine of mankind made in the image of God, and therefore protests against all forms of dehumanization. It sets itself against the social injustices which insult God the Creator, seeks to protect human beings from oppression and longs to liberate them… it protests against every authoritarian regime, whether of the left or of the right, which discriminates against minorities, denies people their civil rights, forbids the free expression of opinions or imprisons people for their views alone.

  John Stott

  Christian, Rights, Views

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• Batman: a force of chaos in my world of perfect order. The dark side of the Soviet dream. Rumored to be a thousand murdered dissidents, they said he was a ghost. A walking dead man. A symbol of rebellion that would never fade as long as the system survived. Anarchy in black.

  Mark Millar

  Dream, Dark, Men

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• Something inside me shuts down and I'm too numb to feel anything. It's like watching complete strangers in another Hunger Games. But I do notice they omit the part where I covered her in flowers. Right. Because even that smacks of rebellion.

  Suzanne Collins

  Flower, Games, Down And

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.25, Scholastic Inc.

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• Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen

  Suzanne Collins

  Children, Real, Kids

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.20, Scholastic Inc.

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• Human rebellion ends in metaphysical revolution. It progresses from appearances to acts, from the dandy to the revolutionary.

  Albert Camus

  Progress, Revolution, Appearance

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.25, Vintage

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• I wish Peeta were here to hold me, until I remember I'm not supposed to wish that anymore. I have chosen Gale and the rebellion, and a future with Peeta is the Capitol's design, not mine.

  Suzanne Collins

  Design, Wish, Gale

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.644, Scholastic Inc.

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• There speaks the passion and the rebellion that go with red hair. My second wife had red hair. She was a beautiful woman, and she loved me. Strange, is it not? I have always admired red-haired women. Your hair is very beautiful. There are other things I like about you. Your spirit, your courage; the fact that you have a mind of your own. ~Mr. Aristides

  Agatha Christie

  Beautiful, Passion, Hair

  Agatha Christie (1987). “Destination unknown”

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• I love songs about horses, railroads, land, Judgment Day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God.

  Johnny Cash

  Love, Mother, Song

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• The spirit of rebellion can only exist in a society where a theoretical equality conceals great factual inequalities. The problem of rebellion, therefore, has no meaning except within our own Western society.

  Albert Camus

  Spirit, Problem, Inequality

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.20, Vintage

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• Teenage rebellion is for suburban schoolchildren. Get over it.

  Neal Shusterman

  Teenage, Over It, Get Over

  Neal Shusterman (2013). “Unwind Unboxed: Unwind; Unstrung: an Unwind Story; Unwholly”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

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• That was what they did with themselves, those two Gracelings, along with a small band of friends: They stirred up trouble on a serious scale—bribery, coercion, sabotage, organized rebellion—all directed at stopping the worst behavior of the world’s most seriously corrupt kings.

  Kristin Cashore

  Kings, Two, Serious

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• ...this marvelous graceful thing, this joy of physics, this perfect balance between rebellion and obedience, is God's own signature on earth.

  Mark Helprin

  Perfect, Joy, Balance

  Mark Helprin (1983). “Winter's Tale”, p.86, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Whenever you see confusion, you can be sure that something is wrong. Disorder in the world implies that something is out of place. Usually, at the heart of all disorder you will find man in rebellion against God. It began in the Garden of Eden and continues to this day.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Heart, Men, Garden

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• A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle,and the oppressed is often left no recourse but to use methods that mirror those of the oppressor.At a point, one can only fight fire with fire

  Nelson Mandela

  Struggle, Fighting, Fire

  "Nelson Mandela obituary" by David Beresford, www.theguardian.com. December 5, 2013.

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• It seems like the rebellions never stop, in the city, in the compound, anywhere. There are just breaths between them, and foolishly, we call those breaths “peace".

  Veronica Roth

  Cities, Compounds, Breaths

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• I want to live like a man.

  Janet Morris

  Love, Responsibility, Power

  Janet Morris, Chris Morris (1990). “Storm Seed”, Baen Books

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• Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.

  Thomas Paine

  Truth, Freedom, Men

  Thomas Paine, Bruce Kuklick (2000). “Paine: Political Writings”, p.162, Cambridge University Press

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• I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to revolt against ideals I believe to be false, since recoiling from rebellion would be a form of treason

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Believe, Long, People

  Naguib Mahfouz (2016). “Sugar Street: The Cairo Trilogy”, p.329, Anchor

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• Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion. I am going to die with a tranquil conscience.

  Jose Rizal

  Tomorrow, Innocent, Crime

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• Control in modern times requires more than force, more than law. It requires that a population dangerously concentrated in cities and factories, whose lives are filled with cause for rebellion, be taught that all is right as it is.

  Howard Zinn

  Law, Cities, Population

  Howard Zinn (2014). “A People's History of the United States”, p.233, Pan Macmillan

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• The modern-day gospel says, 'God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. Therefore, follow these steps, and you can be saved.' Meanwhile, the biblical gospel says, 'You are an enemy of God, dead in your sin, & in your present state of rebellion, you are not even able to see that you need life, much less to cause yourself to come to life. Therefore, you are radically dependent on God to do something in your life that you could never do.

  David Platt

  Love You, Biblical, Enemy

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• Only Thee That I want thee, only thee---let my heart repeat without end. All desires that distract me, day and night, are false and empty to the core. As the night keeps hidden in its gloom the petition for light, even thus in the depth of my unconsciousness rings the cry ---`I want thee, only thee'. As the storm still seeks its end in peace when it strikes against peace with all its might, even thus my rebellion strikes against thy love and still its cry is ---`I want thee, only thee'.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Heart, Night, Light

  Rabindranath Tagore (2013). “Gitanjali”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• Voldemort is playing a very clever game. Declaring himself might have provoked open rebellion. Remaining masked has created confusion, uncertainty, and fear.

  J. K. Rowling

  Clever, Fear, Games

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• I really can't think about kissing when I've got a rebellion to incite.

  Suzanne Collins

  Humorous, Kissing, Thinking

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.126, Scholastic Inc.

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• God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that He act in ways that satisfy my idea of justice. It is the same spirit that taunted, "If Thou be the Son of God, come down from the Cross." There is unbelief, there is even rebellion, in the attitude that says, "God has no right to do this to five men unless...

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Attitude, Heart, Son

  Elisabeth Elliot (2010). “Through Gates of Splendor”, p.266, Hendrickson Publishers

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