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Resisting authority11 quotes
It is not rebellion itself that is noble, but what it demands of you. — Albert Camus · 1947We don't need no education.
We don't need no thought control.
No dark sarcasm in the classroom.
Teacher, leave them kids alone.
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone! — Pink Floyd · 1979I fought the law, and the law won. — The Crickets · 1961Fight the power. — Public Enemy · 1989Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? — Exodus 2:14 · 1405 BCAll 11 quotes →The man3 quotes
We don't need no education.
We don't need no thought control.
No dark sarcasm in the classroom.
Teacher, leave them kids alone.
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone! — Pink Floyd · 1979I fought the law, and the law won. — The Crickets · 1961You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson. You believe that you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you. Obviously, you are mistaken. — Rhineheart · 1999Revolution2 quotes
Where all your rights become only an accumulated wrong; where men must beg with bated breath for leave to subsist in their own land, to think their own thoughts, to sing their own songs, to garner the fruits of their own labors... Then surely it is braver, a saner and truer thing, to be a rebel in act and deed against such circumstances as these than tamely to accept it as the natural lot of men. — Roger Casement · 1917All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. — Henry David Thoreau · 1848Authority1 quote
You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson. You believe that you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you. Obviously, you are mistaken. — Rhineheart · 1999Censorship1 quote
Dare them to censor you. — Ken Loach · 2017Counterculture1 quote
If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in and drop out. — Timothy Leary · 1966Law1 quote
I fought the law, and the law won. — The Crickets · 1961Oppression1 quote
All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. — Henry David Thoreau · 1848Political theory1 quote
All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. — Henry David Thoreau · 1848Politics1 quote
All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. — Henry David Thoreau · 1848Power1 quote
Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Rebellion1 quote
It is not rebellion itself that is noble, but what it demands of you. — Albert Camus · 1947Sticking it to the man1 quote
Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority. — Oscar Wilde · 1891