Don Tapscott Quotes

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

A little rebellion is a good thing.

The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.

It no longer counts as remarkable that Egyptians organized their uprising on social media.

There never was a social change in America without angry people at the heart.

It's extraordinary that revolutions taking place around the world were sparked by communication on the Internet.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

When I was fifteen, I used to run around reading 'Adbusters' and dumpster diving, trying to find ways to make the U.S. government unwind into chaos through hardcore punk and metal.

The seed of revolution is repression.

We did not have a revolution in order to have a democracy.

Insurrection is an art, and like all arts it has its laws

History dictates that unresponsive governments force ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

... an act of insurrection.

I do not know of any salvation for society except through eccentrics, misfits, dissenters, people who protest.

History pays more attention to reformers than others. We pay more attention to dissenters too.

Agitate, agitate, agitate.

It is repression that creates the revolutionary spirit of freedom.

I'll say that technology will make revolutions start happening faster, but it'll make them harder to finish. Technology can't create leaders and cause institutions to appear.

Even on songs we've got that are about a girl, there's always something there that's a call to insurrection.

You can't change the world through the parliamentary system.

Tomorrow the revolution will 'rise up again, clashing its weapons,' and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!