#rebel

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. ↗

— Thurgood Marshall

#constitutional #control #giving #government #heritage

It is said by the rebels at Roxbury that Col. Watson has given his quota to support the people. ↗

— Peter Oliver

#given #his #people #quota #rebels

A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion. ↗

— George Orwell

#joke #mental #rebellion #sort

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#better #defence #defender #faith #george

Our problems started in Dallas, when the fire-breathing sheep destroyed the King Tut exhibit. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#destruction #earthquakes #floods #funny #funny-and-random

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. ↗

— William Penn

#obedience #rebellion #tyrants

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#angels #aspiring #best #fell #gods

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt. ↗

— John Reed

#authorities #comes #contempt #every #excites

Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you're a woman. ↗

— Joan Jett

#doing #especially #feel #i #just

So che, rifiutando a mia volta di accettare un compromesso con i fondamentalisti e con i signori della guerra, o di annacquare le mie denunce nei loro confronti, protrò finire con l'essere annoverata anch'io nel lungo elenco degli afghani che sono morti per la libertà del loro paese. Ma non si può venire a patti con la verità. E non ho paure di una morte prematura, se la mia morte favorirà la cause della giustizia. ↗

— Malalai Joya

#justice #rebellion #sacrifice #death