Insurgent Quotes - Page 3

• No. Because it's so stupid no Dauntless with any sense would speak it, let alone think it. Pansycake. What are you, twelve?" "And a half," he says.

  Veronica Roth

  Stupid, Thinking, Twelve

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• I love Tris the Divergent, who makes decisions apart from faction loyalty, who isn’t some faction archetype. But the Tris who’s trying as hard as she can to destroy herself … I can’t love her.

  Veronica Roth

  Loyalty, Believe, Eye

  "Insurgent". Book by Veronica Roth, 2012.

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• What's this about flashing underwear?" says Uriah, sidestepping a bunk. "Whatever it is, I'm in.

  Veronica Roth

  Underwear, Bunk

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• It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.

  Veronica Roth

  Perfect, Divergent, Alive

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• In 'Insurgent' we realise how large the world really is

  Veronica Roth

  World, Realising

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• This was the shocking thing; that the slime of the pit seemed to utter cries and voices; that the amorphous dust gesticulated and sinned; that what was dead, and had no shape, should usurp the offices of life. And this again, that that insurgent horror was knit to him closer than a wife, closer than an eye; lay caged in his flesh, where he heard it mutter and felt it struggle to be born; and at every hour of weakness, and in the confidence of slumber, prevailed against him, and deposed him out of life.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Struggle, Eye, Dust

  Robert Louis Stevenson (1993). “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: The Merry Men and Other Stories”, p.53, Wordsworth Editions

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• If you have ever been called defiant, incorrigible, forward, cunning, insurgent, unruly, rebellious, you're on the right track.

  Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  Track, Rebellious, Unruly

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• We have a strong and vital role to play in Iraq, and we certainly cannot leave a vacuum for the insurgents to take over. We are engaged in a conflict from which America cannot afford to cut and run. We must be steadfast in this endeavor, upon which depends not only our future but that of the entire modern world.

  George W. Bush

  Running, Strong, Cutting

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I think the Bashar Assad regime is on a roll. I think it's got the backing of Russia and Iran and Hezbollah. And it's hard to see who is going to stand in their way in this steady fight against the insurgents.

  Joshua Landis

  Fighting, Thinking, Steady

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think the people like myself who are in the center ground of politics and who think that center left and center right can cooperate and work together. Who don't like this sort of insurgent populism because we think it's not really going to deliver for the people, I think there's a big responsibility on us in the center to get our act together. And to work out radical but serious solutions to the problems people face.

  Tony Blair

  Responsibility, Thinking, People

  The MSNBC Interview, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 28, 2016.

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• I don't think there Is a way politically to beat "Insurgent Movement Of Populism".

  Tony Blair

  Thinking, Movement, Way

  The MSNBC Interview, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 28, 2016.

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• I was an insurgent. I was, you know, an outsider. And I'm not sure that I'm not better being an outsider.

  Donald Trump

  Outsiders, Not Sure, Knows

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• You get these insurgent movements of populism, left and right. An insurgent movement of populism took my political party over in the UK for example.

  Tony Blair

  Party, Political, Example

  The MSNBC Interview, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 28, 2016.

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• Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan insurgents in 1647; but insurrection is Spartacus. Insurrection is a thing of the spirit, revolt is a thing of the stomach.

  Victor Hugo

  Spirit, Moral, Rebellion

  Victor Hugo (1980). “Les misérables”, Viking Pr

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• [Insurgents] pose no strategic threat to the United States or to the Coalition Forces.

  Paul Bremer

  United States, Politics, Force

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• Oh, the transition concerns me because as we move towards an important political event, it's clear to me that the terrorists and insurgents will move as hard as they can to disrupt this process.

  John Abizaid

  Military, Moving, Political

  Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 4, 2004.

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• The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peace whose joyous expression can not be restrained. In the midst of this, however, He, from Whom all blessings flow, must not be forgotten. A call for a national thanksgiving is being prepared, and will be duly promulgated.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Army, Blessing

  Abraham Lincoln (1944). “Selected writings of Abraham Lincoln”, p.331, Рипол Классик

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• I think that you are the liar!" I say, my voice quaking. "You tell me you love me, you trust me, you think I'm more perceptive than the average person. And the first second that belief in my perceptiveness, that trust, that love is put to the test, it falls apart." I am crying now, but I am not ashamed of the tears shining on my cheeks or the thickness of my voice. "So you must have lied when you told me all those things... you must have, because I can't believe your love is really that feeble.

  Veronica Roth

  Liars, Believe, Fall

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• In a country like Iraq with its culture of blood feuds - is that the more locals are killed, the more motivation there is for the insurgency, for the insurgents the more feelings of revenge there are, and in the end the more the operational security of the soldiers suffers, because any soldier who kills an infant today is grooming the killer of his mate tomorrow.

  Yaroslav Trofimov

  Country, Motivation, Revenge

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Really, running an underdog, insurgent political campaign against an opponent many folks think cant be beat, and going out and meeting folks and talking about your ideas for America and Washington, is a lot of fun and a real privilege.

  Michael Baumgartner

  Running, Fun, Real

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• Jeanine claims you're all dangerous Insurgents.

  Evelyn Eaton

  Claims, Dangerous

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• In 2014, impunity in journalism murder cases reached a staggering 96 percent and the remaining 4 percent obtained only partial justice, we have become targets. Insurgent groups no longer use reporters to transmit news, but instead kidnap them to make news. They treat us as enemy combatants and spies. This is our everyday reality.

  Mariane Pearl

  Reality, Justice, Everyday

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• It is the fault of the United States that these terrible people, these insurgents and terrorists are out there. They are the ones that we ought to be focusing our energy on defeating and not just wring our hands about the fact that it's going to be difficult.

  Colin Powell

  Hands, People, Energy

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• There is nothing puzzling ... about America's gratuitously aggressive foreign policy or about the oligarchs' successful efforts to drag the Republic into five wars. What an aggressive foreign policy accomplishes by slow degrees, a state of war accomplishes in a trice. Overnight [war] kills reform, overnight it transforms insurgents into traitors and the Republic into an imperiled realm. Overnight it strangles free politics, distracts and overawes the citizenry. Overnight it blasts public hope.

  Walter Karp

  War, Successful, America

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• What did you do?” I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear me. As he passes me he stretches out his hand. He wraps it around my palm and squeezes. Squeezes, then lets go. His eyes are bloodshot; he is pale. “What did you do?” This time the question tears from my throat like a growl. I throw myself toward him, struggling against Peter’s grip, though his hands chafe. “What did you do?” I scream. “You die, I die too” Tobias looks over his shoulder at me. “I asked you not to do this. You made your decision. These are the repercussions.

  Veronica Roth

  Letting Go, Struggle, Eye

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