This originates from the American Confederacy (C.S.A) during the war of northern aggression (the Civil War). It was originally phrased as "WHEN TYRANNY BECOMES LAW, REBELLION BECOMES DUTY".
Ghandi
Voltaire, a French philosopher, is often attributed with this quote.
Sheikh Said rebellion happened in 1925-02.
King George III said this.
They become nails upon them because it makes the guilt or remorse for the injustice greater on their conscience.
Benjamin Franklin
Martin Luther King Jr said, "Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood". This was from his famous "I have a Dream" speech.
The Grinch in the 2000 version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Thomas Jefferson.
it's said to contract.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison his views on the necessity for occasional rebellion by the citizenry of a country.