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Rebel Quotes - Page 7

We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.

We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.

In J. N. Rakove 'The Beginnings of National Politics' (1979) p. 92

Women are terrified of being raped, but somewhere in the back of the womb there is one rebellious nerve end that tingles with curiosity whenever the word is mentioned.

Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga: A Strange and Terrible Saga”, p.187, Ballantine Books

A rebellion is something that is developing as an explosion coming out of the righteous grievances of a community of people.

"VIDEO: Legendary Detroit Activist Grace Lee Boggs Turns 100; Watch Never-Before-Aired Interview". Interview with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. June 27, 2015.

In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.

Alexis de Tocqueville (1896). “Recollections”, p.85, Library of Alexandria

My call is the call of battle- I nourish active rebellion;/ He going with me must go well armed.

Walt Whitman (2013). “Walt Whitman: Selected Poems 1855-1892”, p.148, St. Martin's Press

Rebel is just as bad a word as maturity.

Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.2997, e-artnow