Quotes with revolt

  • 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.

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  • Camille Paglia A woman simply is, but a man must become. Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • André Malraux Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate.
    André Malraux
    French writer and politician (ps. by A. Berger) (1901 - 1976)
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  • Aristotle Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Oscar Wilde Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bertrand Russell In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word ''experience'' have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Karl Marx Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.
    Karl Marx
    German economist and state philosopher (1818 - 1883)
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  • Victor Hugo 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.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • James Joyce Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality.
    James Joyce
    Irish writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Mikhail Bakunin The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
    Mikhail Bakunin
    Russian politicial theorist (1814 - 1876)
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  • Algernon Sydney The general revolt of a Nation cannot be called a Rebellion.
    Algernon Sydney
    English politician (1623 - 1683)
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  • Mignon McLaughlin The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it.
    Mignon McLaughlin
    American writer, editor (1913 - 1983)
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  • Mikhail Bakunin 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.
    Mikhail Bakunin
    Russian politicial theorist (1814 - 1876)
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  • Simone Weil Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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