Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is. (Quote by - James Branch Cabell)

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause. (Quote by - H L Mencken)

And I think that's why I was going to be a musician. I was very rebellious. And I didn't want to be an actor. My father used to say to me you should be an actor if you want to be in the arts. (Quote by - Katey Sagal)

The worst of rebels never arm To do their king or country harm, But draw their swords to do them good, As doctors cure by letting blood. (Quote by - Samuel Butler (1))

As long as our social order regards the good of institutions rather than the good of men, so long will there be a vocation for the rebel. (Quote by - Richard Roberts)

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible. (Quote by - Tahar Ben Jelloun)

Quell rebellion before it spreads. (Quote by - Vespasian)

The hearts Of all his people shall revolt from him, And kiss the lips of unacquainted change. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt. (Quote by - Mikhail Bakunin)

A riot is the language of the unheard. (Quote by - Martin Luther King Jr.)

A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering. (Quote by - Edmund Burke)

Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion. (Quote by - Scottish Proverb)

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. (Quote by - Anonymous)

Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people. (Quote by - Thomas S. Monson)

I was raised by the Christian Brothers, who believe in that, fortunately. They were, to me, the most rebellious arm of the Catholic Church - and one of the most liberal and forward thinking. (Quote by - Paul Kantner)

In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time. (Quote by - Marlo Thomas)

To resist violence is implanted in the nature of man. (Quote by - Tacitus)

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)

Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway, Meeting the check of such another day; And since this business so fair is done, Let us not leave till all our own be won. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

Infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates of liberty and justice. (Quote by - Robert Green Ingersoll)

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic. (Quote by - Albert Camus)

m totally going through a rebel period right now. I s sort of waning, but ach, m allowed, right? I s OK, right? (Quote by - Claire Danes)

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat. (Quote by - Lawrence Durrell)

Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan insurgents in 1647; but insurrection is Spartacus. Insurrection is a thing of the spirit, revolt is a thing of the stomach. (Quote by - Victor Hugo)

I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it. (Quote by - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)