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Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffections failure to

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffections failure to substitute misrule for bad government. – Ambrose Bierce

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Mammalia, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle. – Ambrose Bierce

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Experience. The wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. – Ambrose Bierce

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Revolution begins with the self, in the self. – Toni Cade Bambara

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

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To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt. – Mikhail Bakunin

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A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering. – Edmund Burke

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