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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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There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed. – Albert Camus

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Death
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Albert Camus
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If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. – Albert Camus

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Miscellaneous
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Albert Camus
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Instead of killing and dying in order to produce the being that we are not, we have to live and let live in order to create what we are. – Albert Camus

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Idealism
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Revolution
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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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Revolution

When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away. – English Proverb

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Revolution

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. – Hannah Arendt

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Revolution

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood. – John Mason Brown

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Revolution

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