Noun
A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.
A rising in mass to oppose an enemy.
Source: Webster's dictionaryJust 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
For those of us who have been thrown into hell, mysterious melodies and the torturing images of a vanished beauty will always bring us, in the midst of crime and folly, the echo of that harmonious insurrection which bears witness, throughout the centuries, to the greatness of humanity. Albert Camus
Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit. Mary Astell
When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
It is not necessary to wait until all conditions for making revolution exist; the insurrection can create them. Che Guevara
Insurrection by means of guerrilla bands is the true method of warfare for all nations desirous of emancipating themselves from a foreign yoke. It is invincible, indestructible. Giuseppe Mazzini