Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
Kwame NkrumahI perceive that, in revolutions, the supreme power rests with the most abandoned.
Georges Jacques DantonThe most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
Hannah ArendtAt the risk of sounding ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by feelings of love.
Che GuavaraEvery revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.
Albert CamusEvery revolution evaporates and leaves behind it only the slime of bureaucracy.
Franz KafkaWinning the World Cup is the most beautiful thing to have happened to France since the Revolution.
Emmanuel PetitA revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.
James MacGregor BurnsThere 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 MalrauxDeep 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 MardenEvery revolution has its counter-revolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.
C Wright MillsThe greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart.
Dorothy DayThere is no revolution that can change the nature of man
Benito MussoliniEager 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 HawthorneIn a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell'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 LinklaterWaste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
Francesco GuicciardiniHere in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
Dwight EisenhowerWe are creatures of the underworld. We can't afford to love!
The Children of the revolution
Moulin RougeMethods 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 CamusIn art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters.
Paul GauguinClemency is also a revolutionary measure.
Camille DesmoulinsThere was reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, might devour in turn each one of her children.
Pierre VergniaudJ'ai vecu. I survived. (Reply when asked what he did during the French Revolution)
Abbe Emmanuel Joseph SieyesThe time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
Adlai StevensonA reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
Edward Bulwer-LyttonThe experience of the irrationality of the world has been the driving force of all religious revolution.
Max WeberHistory 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 HumphreyRevolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.
Pierre BoulezEvery generation needs a new revolution.
Thomas JeffersonA modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
Abbie HoffmanRevolution 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 DavisRevolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.
Italo Calvinoyou 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 ZedongThe first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
Abbie HoffmanWe forget how he revolutionised acting. [On Marlon Brando]
Anthony QuinnI 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 CourtFarce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.
John MortimerThe Cuban revolution had just taken place, and there was a tremendous discussion going on about it [on reading about Marxism]
Henry FlyntNo 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 SandI 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 BrownI 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 NewtonThe 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 oppressed individual, class, race and group begins to form a mental picture of a revolution.
Alexander MalinaThe revolution of rising expectations (1950)
Harlan ClevelandOwning your own home is America's unique recipe for avoiding revolution and promoting pseudo-equality at the same time.
Florence KingAs 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 E StevensonArt is either plagiarism or revolution.
Paul GauguinAll modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the State.
Albert Camus
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