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“Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.” Aristotle, Politics
“The blood of youth burns not with such excess as gravity's revolt to wantonness.” William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost
“But weariness is a kind of madness. And there are times when the only feeling I have is one of mad revolt.” Albert Camus, The Plague
“Awake, arise, or be for ever fallen!” John Milton, Paradise Lost
“The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed.” George Orwell, 1984

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rebellion revolution woman madness youth equality oppression status brutality masses weariness

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