Eugene Debs (1855-1926) was an American labor leader, starting out organizing railway workers and later running several times for president on the Socialist ticket. He also spent a few years in jail for exercising his free speech in opposing the first World War. So I kind of think he knew what he was talking about with the following statement:
"If it had not been for the discontent of a few fellows who had not been satisfied with their conditions, you would still be living in caves. Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization. Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation."
"If it had not been for the discontent of a few fellows 
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