Every oppressed individual, class, race and group begins to form a mental picture of a revolution.
Alexander MalinaThe 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 JrWinning the World Cup is the most beautiful thing to have happened to France since the Revolution.
Emmanuel PetitBritain is not a country that is easily rocked by revolution: In Britain our institutions evolve. [on the lack of revolution in Britain]
William HamiltonA modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
Abbie HoffmanArt is either plagiarism or revolution.
Paul GauguinEager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream
Nathaniel HawthorneWe have a back four of players from Gillingham, Wrexham, New England Revolution and San Juan Jaboleth - heard of them?
Leo BeenhakkerAt the risk of sounding ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by feelings of love.
Che GuavaraThe greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart.
Dorothy DayThe first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
Abbie HoffmanA reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
Edward Bulwer-LyttonRevolution 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 DavisIn a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwellyou 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 ZedongOwning your own home is America's unique recipe for avoiding revolution and promoting pseudo-equality at the same time.
Florence King'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 LinklaterThere 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 MalrauxThe revolution... is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
Fidel CastroAs 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 time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
Adlai StevensonJ'ai vecu. I survived. (Reply when asked what he did during the French Revolution)
Abbe Emmanuel Joseph SieyesEvery generation needs a new revolution.
Thomas JeffersonWe are creatures of the underworld. We can't afford to love!
The Children of the revolution
Moulin RougeDeep 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 MardenThe ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.
Emma GoldmanHistory teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when people begin to live a little better - and when they see how much yet remains to be achieved.
Hubert H Humphrey'Revolution' today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.
Wyndham LewisI 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 NewtonMethods 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 CamusI 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 CourtWe forget how he revolutionised acting. [On Marlon Brando]
Anthony QuinnA revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.
James MacGregor BurnsEvery revolution has its counter-revolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.
C Wright MillsAll modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the State.
Albert CamusClemency is also a revolutionary measure.
Camille DesmoulinsThe time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
Adlai E StevensonThere is no revolution that can change the nature of man
Benito MussoliniNo 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 SandRevolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
Kwame NkrumahThere was reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, might devour in turn each one of her children.
Pierre VergniaudThose who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable
John F KennedyThe most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
Hannah ArendtThe digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.
Douglas EngelbartI 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 BrownThe 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 HillRevolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.
Pierre BoulezEvery revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.
Albert CamusThe revolution of rising expectations (1950)
Harlan ClevelandThe experience of the irrationality of the world has been the driving force of all religious revolution.
Max Weber
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