Roger Waters Quotes

Only I keep wishing I could think of a way...to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

If you have security, you can rebel; if you don't, you hold on to any scraps of it that you have.

Break up the printing presses and you break up rebellion.

I really rebel against authority.

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.

I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller.

They can't censor the gleam in my eye.

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

If we got into a situation where people start burning our records, then bring it on. That's the whole point. The gloaming has begun. We're in the darkness. This has happened before. Go read some history.

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 radios are going to dictate. That's another fight. That's another story there. I wish they just let it be.

Thought that is silenced is always rebellious.

Men rattle their chains--to manifest their freedom.

We have the power to turn against our creators.

In all of history, there has always been a time and a place where patriots rise up against the decree of the elites and shout, 'No more... get your hands off my freedom!'

I've always had a problem with authority. That's why I had to be my own boss.

I went to Boston fully expecting to be arrested - arrested by a polizia created by a government that my ancestors rebelled to establish.

Popular struggles to bring about a freer and more just society have been resisted by violence and repression, and massive efforts to control opinion and attitudes. Over time, however, they have met with considerable success, even though there is a long way to go, and there is often regression.

I'm always rebelling. I don't think I'll ever stop.

Censors, the whole idea of it, is so childish. You feel like you're talking to hall monitors in school again.

Most people are sort of against authority. Here's Beetle always challenging authority. I think people relate to it.

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

No one can tell me what to do.

No rebellious heart is ever at ease with paths established by others.

When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.