Quotes on Revolt

I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of consciousness I transform into a rule of life what was an invitation to death—and I refuse suicide.

The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people.

The memory of oppressed people is one thing that cannot be taken away, and for such people, with such memories, revolt is always an inch below the surface.

Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.