Mo Rocca Quotes

I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line.

I'm a bold man. I throw caution to the wind.

If we must put our head into the lion’s mouth, let us make certain that he chokes upon our flesh!

I guess not being able to hear just made me adventurous and daring. And in most cases, that didn't make my parents very happy with me.

I don't worry. I don't doubt. I'm daring. I'm a rebel.

Come on, fire bullets at me. I am prepared to die for the sake of the people.

You can try and kill my body but you cannot kill my cause.

I am not afraid to go to jail.

To dare: that is the whole secret of revolutions.

Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

Stand up, speak out, and be bold. Screw political correctness. Never let them tell you to sit down and shut up.

Surrender . . .sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed

Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.

In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence, an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how can one dismiss something that persists despite every reasonable theory that it shouldn't?

I don't push buttons to push buttons. Throwing the rebel card out there is really cheap.

I tend to choose collaborators who are more courageous than I am. I think it's good for me.

Taking risks gives me energy.

I suppose that's the European way, dangerous and hairy.

Dissidents can't be dissidents forever; we are dissidents because we don't want to be dissidents.

I hope I don't have to buck the system. But if it requires bucking, I will do it.

I'm a real rebel with a cause.

They have learned that resistance is actually possible. The holds are beginning to slip away.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence.