Rebel, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.

When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the sovereignty of the people to the sovereignty of mankind.

In a nutshell-I fear authority but at the same time I resent it-the authority and my own fear. So I rebel.

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.

At certain times and in certain schools it is orthodox to be a rebel; and in general it is a very poor class that does not contain at least three pupils who can be counted on to oppose the teachers authority and loudly and persistently to question everything he says.

A little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.