What though the field be lost?
All is not lost; th’ unconquerable will,
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And courage never to submit or yield;
And what is else not to be overcome?
—John Milton, Paradise Lost
Oh, I’m a good old rebel, that’s what I am …
I won’t be reconstructed, and I don’t give a damn.
—Innes Randolph (1837–87)