Billy Corgan Quotes

There is always backlash. Everything gets backlash.

To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist.

We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.

Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.

The harder they resist us, the tougher will be our response.

I don't consider myself part of the Resistance because that's against something, and you have to be for something.

Any time you do something - a protest - you know there's going to be backlash.

Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.

Each one an antidote to the one that went before. Each one a reaction, an about-face, a rebound.

...and we'll see what happens when we say Yes while this rigor mortis world screams No.

We're very aware that you cannot please everybody and that there's going to be backlash. There will always be backlash.

How can we expect something positive to come from all the negative that we put into this world?

Put no obstacle in her path and this will surely die a natural death; obstruct her, and it will give the situation an importance to worth fighting for.

Reconquer the streets, the markets - the public spaces, with the same message of opposition: We are devastated, but we will not give up. With torches and roses, we deliver this message to the world: We do not let fear break us. And we do not let the fear of fear silence us.

The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.

There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible.

Do not submit. It is extremely critical that repression be met full head-on and that it be resisted with every fiber in our being. There is just absolutely no compromise that can be made with it.

You have to expect that if you cuss out the world, The world is going to cuss back.

Let's keep refusing to accept the world as it is and insisting on building the world we dream of. Don't let the haters have the last word.

Wherever there's a human being there's going to be somebody that tries to hold you back.

I think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it.

It's much harder to bring about socialism through legal means, because there are so many possibilities for opposition.

Everything in this world is designed to oppose your forward movement!

The greatest response to a negative person is to be a positive person

Keep on rockin' in the free world.