Favorite Quotations ~  Rebels & Rebellion Inner Work

"A little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing." ~ Thomas Jefferson

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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation. ~ Abigail Adams

We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It’s overrun with sheep and conformists. ~ Bill Maher

I willingly believe that the damned are, in one sense, successful, rebels to the end; that the doors of hell are locked on the inside. ~ C.S. Lewis

Rebels and dissidents challenge the complacent belief in a just world, and they are usually denigrated for their efforts. ~ Carol Tavris

One who is by nature daring and is suffering from poverty will not long be lawful. Indeed, any man, save those that are truly good, if their sufferings are very great, will be likely to rebel. ~ Confucius

I think most people have a natural instinct to rebel. ~ Elvis Presley

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

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. ~ Thomas Jefferson

General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked. ~ Edmund Burke

The despairing soul is a rebel. ~ Joyce Carol Oates