There is no revolution that can change the nature of man
Benito MussoliniThere was reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, might devour in turn each one of her children.
Pierre Vergniaud'There won't be any revolution in America,' said Isadore. Nikitin agreed. 'The people are all too clean. They spend all their time changing shirts and washing themselves. You can't feel fierce and revolutionary in a bathroom.'
Eric LinklaterThe experience of the irrationality of the world has been the driving force of all religious revolution.
Max WeberThe revolution... is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
Fidel CastroJ'ai vecu. I survived. (Reply when asked what he did during the French Revolution)
Abbe Emmanuel Joseph Sieyesyou want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
Mao ZedongFarce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.
John MortimerEvery successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.
Barbara TuchmanEvery revolution evaporates and leaves behind it only the slime of bureaucracy.
Franz KafkaEvery revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.
Albert CamusThe most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
Hannah ArendtI guess with myself, I was probably the first woman to lift weights and do circuit training and to run the sand hills. [Revolutioning female tennis]
Margaret Smith CourtA modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
Abbie HoffmanRevolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.
Pierre BoulezThose who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable
John F KennedyThe first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
Abbie HoffmanTaxation without representation is tyranny. (Watchword of the American Revolution.)
James OtisNo one makes a revolution by himself; and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes without quite knowing how, because it is everybody who takes them in hand.
George SandThe greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart.
Dorothy DayThe time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
Adlai E StevensonA reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
Edward Bulwer-LyttonRevolutions go not backward.
Ralph Waldo EmersonArt is either plagiarism or revolution.
Paul GauguinWaste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
Francesco GuicciardiniClemency is also a revolutionary measure.
Camille DesmoulinsRevolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
Kwame NkrumahBritain is not a country that is easily rocked by revolution: In Britain our institutions evolve. [on the lack of revolution in Britain]
William HamiltonAs to Bell's talking telegraph, it only creates interest in scientific circles: its commercial values will be limited. [hmm, history would tend to suggest that it helped revolutionise the world, actually]
Elisha GrayThe onlooker had better wipe the sympathy off his face. What he has seen is a revolution, not the home of little cogs and drones. What he has seen is the dormitory of the next managerial class.
William Whyte JrEvery generation needs a new revolution.
Thomas JeffersonThe betting market is only going to get bigger and bigger and the internet revolution has brought a whole new set of people who would never go into the traditional bookies.
William HillMethods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in reality, ideologies of consent and not of rebellion.
Albert CamusAt the risk of sounding ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by feelings of love.
Che GuavaraWe forget how he revolutionised acting. [On Marlon Brando]
Anthony QuinnI perceive that, in revolutions, the supreme power rests with the most abandoned.
Georges Jacques DantonWinning the World Cup is the most beautiful thing to have happened to France since the Revolution.
Emmanuel PetitDeep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
Orison Swett MardenRevolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary's life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.
Angela DavisWe are creatures of the underworld. We can't afford to love!
The Children of the revolution
Moulin RougeOwning your own home is America's unique recipe for avoiding revolution and promoting pseudo-equality at the same time.
Florence KingWe have a back four of players from Gillingham, Wrexham, New England Revolution and San Juan Jaboleth - heard of them?
Leo BeenhakkerThe time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
Adlai StevensonA revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.
James MacGregor BurnsI suggested [in 1966] that we use the panther as our symbol and call our political vehicle the Black Panther Party. The panther is a fierce animal, but he will not attack until he is backed into a corner; then he will strike out. (Revolutionary Suicide)
Huey NewtonThere are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases.
Andre MalrauxI meet fathers who talk about the issues of child care, some of them are going to parenting classes. But I believe we need this fathers' revolution
Gordon BrownRevolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.
Italo CalvinoThe digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.
Douglas EngelbartEvery revolution has its counter-revolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.
C Wright Mills
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