Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence. From LearnThat.org. [Albert Camus (1913-1960)]
Each generation must have its own rebellion. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
His body was in rebellion against fatigue. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It even gets better, as Locke explains the term rebellion. From Wordnik.com. [The Virtuous Republic] Reference
States in seceding as they did, (through regular conventions,) makes the term rebellion inapplicable to their conduct. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Rebellions; or, Treason Unmasked.] Reference
The term rebellion can never be properly applied to the conduct of a State, acting (through a convention) in its sovereign capacity. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Rebellions; or, Treason Unmasked.] Reference
And as long as the rebellion is active, it will have to be checked, just as the Kikuyu revolt in Kenya had to be checked. From Wordnik.com. [The Algerian Issue] Reference
When the battle was over, Samuel came to meet him, and rebuked him as if he had been a child for what he called rebellion and stubbornness. From Wordnik.com. [Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers] Reference
Those leaders in rebellion are to be leaders no more. From Wordnik.com. [Memorial Sermons] Reference
Cubans rose in rebellion against their Spanish oppressors. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
The history of this slaveholders 'rebellion is full of such. From Wordnik.com. [The Martyred President: A Sermon Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.] Reference
Sadly, though, rebellion is not the outlier stance it once was. From Wordnik.com. [Class Dismissed] Reference
The fate of the leaders of this rebellion is now to be decided. From Wordnik.com. [Three Discourses] Reference
The trouble with a rebellion is you never know who is going to join you. From Wordnik.com. [The World Today and Tomorrow] Reference
This rebellion is known as "The Fifteen" because it took place in 1715 A.D. From Wordnik.com. [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference
This rebellion is called "The Forty-five" because it took place in 1745 A.D. From Wordnik.com. [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference
For example, the catalyst for his original act of rebellion is his insight that, as. From Wordnik.com. [Schwarz 1 - Criticism - Critical Contexts] Reference
They had been ready to rise in rebellion before, and now this action of Wat decided them. From Wordnik.com. [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference
Government that the plan was known by the authorities in rebellion, and approved by them. From Wordnik.com. [Victory and Mourning] Reference
Physical rebellion, or any preliminary move towards rebellion, is at present not possible. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-Four] Reference
Confederates are vanquished, or, as he puts it, that "the rebellion is virtually crushed.". From Wordnik.com. [London: Saturday, November 7, 1863] Reference
But when you go after the last little bit they need to live, a rebellion is sure to follow. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Tea party leaders say they would ‘absolutely’ abolish Social Security.] Reference
But no sooner was the treaty signed than the Filipinos rose in rebellion against American rule. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
For the people of Panama rose in rebellion against Colombia, and declared themselves a republic. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
Dear friends, not by indiscriminate denunciation of all now in rebellion against this Government. From Wordnik.com. [A Great Man Fallen!] Reference
The resolutions express an unalterable purpose to prosecute the war until the rebellion is crushed. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign and Colonial News] Reference
But this Robin Hood was rebelling at a time when the word rebellion invariably suggested the word freak. From Wordnik.com. [Reason Magazine - Hit & Run] Reference
Had I been giving Margaret a lesson in rebellion, and preparing her to claim her rights at some future day?. From Wordnik.com. [Daisy] Reference
Their hearts inclined to his words and they ceased not to worship the fire and they persisted in rebellion for. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
When God's professing people have revolted from him, and are in rebellion against him, his sword despises them. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
Or perhaps Democrats simply have an affinity with the word rebellion -- in the same way that far more Republicans. From Wordnik.com. [Forbes.com: News] Reference
I expect a certain level of rebellion from a guy like Saddam, but it doesn't mean he's an out-of-control lunatic. From Wordnik.com. [Saddam Was A Very, Very Bad Man] Reference
At last the people rose in rebellion, many of them hardly knowing why, but only feeling that they were very unhappy. From Wordnik.com. [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference
And the same that was said of the fathers 'rebellion is here said of the children's, for they were a seed of evil-doers. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
Even those who disagree with him and find his behavior distasteful say that the timing for this sort of rebellion is right. From Wordnik.com. [Man seeks abolition of Va. town's government] Reference
I have had another summons from my aunt, and I protest I am afraid I shall be in rebellion there; but 'tis not to be helped. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)] Reference
We have no king but Caesar -- Some of those who thus cried died miserably in rebellion against Caesar forty years afterwards. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Israel, by the submission of those that have been in rebellion against them, though it be but a forced and feigned submission. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
The subject of free schools and academies brought out a polite but determined rebellion from a sizeable number in Clegg's party. From Wordnik.com. [What conference film-making taught me about the new political landscape] Reference
This treatment was not to be borne, and at last the English rose in rebellion and forced the King to send away His French favorites. From Wordnik.com. [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference
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