There is no doubt that I did not absorb everything this long form essay has to offer. This examination of rebellion and revolution in both historical and philosophical context is A LOT.  While it won't be my selection for an upcoming book club discussion on the topic of rebellion, it has offered many solid points to ponder.
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"...power wears the mask of tragedy."
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"The rebel undoubtedly demands a certain degree of freedom for himself; but in no case, if he is consistent, does he demand the right to destroy the existence and the freedom of others. He humiliates no one. The freedom he claims, he claims for all; the freedom he refuses, he forbids everyone to enjoy."
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"...rebellion, when it develops into destruction, is illogical. Claiming the unity of the human condition, it is a force of life, not of death. Its most profound logic is not the logic of destruction; it is the logic of creation."
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"...rebellion...takes the part of true realism. If it wants a revolution, it wants it on behalf of life, not in defiance of it. That is why it relies primarily on the most concrete realities --on occupation, on the village, where the living heart of things and of men is to be found...when it causes history to advance and alleviates the sufferings of mankind, it does so without terror, if not without violence..."
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"We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes and our ravages. But our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to fight them in ourselves and in others. Rebellion, the secular will not to surrender of which Barrès speaks, is still today at the basis of the struggle. Origin of form, source of real life, it keeps us always erect in the savage, formless movement of history."
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"Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present."
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"...rebellion, without claiming to solve everything, can at least confront its problems."