Terry Pratchett Quotes

No act which is directed against the Inquisition can deserve the name of a rebellion.

When one man says, “No, I won’t,” Rome begins to fear.

It's a great feeling to know that 100 cops want to stop you doing something and they can't.

Authority is never without hate.

I cannot stand authority.

Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.

Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority!

The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime.

No one can go on being a rebel too long without becoming an autocrat.

Those who govern us know it well, for they would sooner deny us bread than dare alter the observance of tradition.

When you make your peace with authority you become authority.

That which is given in submission becomes a medium of defiance.

Those who fear men like laws.

We have the power to turn against our creators.

They're all so much afraid of the Council that they're not afraid of anything else.

The worst thing you can do to a dictator is laugh at him.

Resistance - that is the distinction of the slave. Let your distinction be obedience. Let your commanding itself be obeying!

If you are not their slaves, you are rebels.

You’re loitering, citizen.” “Actually, I was hesitating.

Beware the People weeping When they bare the iron hand.

Men live in glad obedience to the masters they believe in, or they live in a frictional opposition to the master they wish to undermine.

They say you better listen to the voice of reason But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason. So you had better do as you are told. You better listen to the radio.

The only people who ever called me a rebel were people who wanted me to do what they wanted.

Power is never so overwhelming that there's no room for resistance.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.