Margaret MacMillan

It is true that large parts of the world have not had to endure state-to-state wars for decades. The majority of the world's nations have also been spared the scourge of civil wars, although many have known violence from revolutionary insurrection.

Canadian Historian

Ian Mcewan

It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.

British Author

Rebecca Solnit

Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.

American Writer

Jello Biafra

I'm totally down with insurrection in the street. I've had a great time with that over the years. Insurrection in the voting booth is the other part of the equation.

American Musician

Ian Brown

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

English Musician

Andrew Jackson

Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it down.

American President

Prashant Bhushan

No insurrection bred out of desperation can be quelled by strong-arm tactics.

Indian Lawyer

Bianca Jagger

The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.

Nicaraguan Celebrity

George Haven Putnam

John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection.

American Soldier

Wendell Phillips

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

American Activist

Refers to a collective action, not by a single person, but by a group.

Not Individual

Implies a determined and serious attempt to change the system, differing from a small-scale protest.

Serious Intent

It involves physical force; 'insurrection' is not a peaceful demonstration.

Violent Nature

It suggests a broad participation from the general public, not just a fringe group.

Wide Resistance

It conveys a stronger action than simple noncompliance or passive resistance.

Intensity

Describes a response to prolonged injustice or suppression, not instant anger.

Underlying Frustration

 it was created by a new generation of young people who wanted jobs and hope and who didn't want to be treated as subjects anymore. But just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs in business and government, it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection

Don Tapscott: Four...

 In 1932, Indigenous farm workers led an insurrection, but the dictatorial government responded by committing genocide against these communities. From then on, one military dictatorship after another ruled the country

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