State authority can never be an end in itself; for, if that were so, any kind of tyranny would be inviolable and sacred. If a government uses the instruments of power in its hands for the purpose of leading a people to ruin, then rebellion is not only the right but also the duty of every individual citizen.
My mind is in a state of constant rebellion. I believe that will always be so.
Things like rebellion and resistance to authority are absolutely as much a part of the human experience as love and cars are, and it's a part that doesn't get covered very much in pop music.
The only justification of rebellion is success.
The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.
One of the saddest things about conformity is the ghastly sort of non-conformity it breeds; the noisy protesting, the aggressive rebelliousness, the rigid counter-fetishism.
if i repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. what demon possessed me that i behaved so well?
Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God
Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty.
Still the mind smiles at its own rebellions.
The pattern of the prodigal is: rebellion, ruin, repentance, reconciliation, restoration.