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Quote by Albert Camus
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being. – Albert Camus

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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium. – Albert Camus

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Death
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The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all — he must fight to uphold it, unceasingly. – Albert Camus

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As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means. – Albert Camus

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Thinkers prepare the revolution and bandits carry it out. – Mariano Azuela

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So they united, and the Communist revolution took the chain from their legs and wound it around their necks. – Samuel Bonom

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In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interests are at stake. – Aristotle

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Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion. – Scottish Proverb

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