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Quote by Mikhail Bakunin
To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against

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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I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure. – Mikhail Bakunin

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From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. – Mikhail Bakunin

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I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge. – Mikhail Bakunin

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Revolution is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. – Ambrose Bierce

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

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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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What is a rebel? A man who says no. – Albert Camus

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