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Benjamin FranklinRebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

—  Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer

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Vladimir LeninYou probe with bayonets: if you find mush, you push. If you find steel, you withdraw.

—  Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader

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G. K. ChestertonA dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.

—  G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic

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Mahatma GandhiA good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.

—  Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence

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Mahatma GandhiYou can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

—  Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence

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Albert CamusIt is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

—  Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957

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Elbert HubbardThe path of least resistance is what makes rivers run crooked.

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

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Karl JungWhat you resist, persists.

—  Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist

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Charles de GaulleI respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

—  Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President

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Walt WhitmanResist much, obey little.

—  Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet

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Leonardo da Vinci It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

—  Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath & painter

Nikos KazantzakisWe have to knock, knock on our destiny, to open the door, to escape!

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

Bertolt BrechtThere are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.

—  Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer

Robert LowellWe are all old-timers, each of us holds a locked razor.

—  Robert Lowell, 1917-1977, American poet

Latin Quotes

Thus always to tyrants!

Sic semper tyrannis!

—  Motto of the state of Virginia

     (a rallying cry against abuse of power)

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Movie Quotes

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)I don't know what it is, but I am against it.

—  from the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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