Richard Ojeda Quotes

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

There's always stuff to rebel against.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

It is authority that provokes revolution....

The student will try to defy the master. Always.

We're not going to take this sitting down. We are fighting back.

What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes

Power abdicates only under stress of counter-power.

Agitated by revolutionary movements, these grow in proportion to the force that resists them.

What happens when we questions power structures? What are the consequences?

There's always something heroic and romantic about taking a stand against the powers that be.

I was always fighting the establishment, trying to run through brick walls.

Speaking out and challenging the status quo is seldom cheered at the UN.

I fight authority and authority always wins.

Three words remain that can yet stir the blood of man: the word 'rebellion'; the word 'revolt'; the word 'revolution'.

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt.

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.

I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.

Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified.

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.

People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back.

All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.

If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it.

I think there is an instinct out there to rid us of our masters.

Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.