Billy Corgan Quotes

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

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

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

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

I never wanted the government to feel my pain. I wanted it to feel my boot in its butt.

I just want to fight the world. Fight the system. Fight everybody.

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

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

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

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us.

An oppressed people will always rise.

Even rats can only be kicked around for so long before they've had enough.

I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning - organize.

So I don't think I'm gonna pull my head into my shell just because a bunch of people start acting like idiots.

The seed of revolution is repression.

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

I am always on the side of the revolutionists, because there never was a revolution unless there were some oppressive and intolerable conditions against which to revolute.

Tyranny may precipitate a revolutionary movement at any time.

The imperialists see extremists everywhere. It's not that we are extremists. It's that the world is waking up. It's waking up all over, and people are standing up.

I think it's important to rebel a little bit.

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

There's always stuff to rebel against.

I'm challenging the powers that be.

A little rebellion is a good thing.