Raoul Vaneigem Quotes

Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

An oppressed people will always rise.

My fellow revolutionaries, liberation is a noble cause. We must fight to obtain it.

The seed of revolution is repression.

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.

Without rebellion, mankind would stagnate, and injustice would be irremediable.

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

A little rebellion is a good thing.

The end of rebellion is liberation, while the end of revolution is the foundation of freedom.

While you live, the revolution lives

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

Despair and frustration will not shake our belief that the resistance is the only way of liberation.

The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.

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

The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

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

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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

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

In any social revolution the one thing that keeps it alive is hope.

Disobey the rules; ask for more; leave your wretchedness behind; organize with your brothers and sisters; never accept the hand of fate.

The removal of a tyrant is not merely justifiable; it is the highest duty of every true revolutionist.

The revolt against any oppression usually goes to an opposite extreme for a time; and that is right and necessary.