A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
Edward Bulwer-LyttonEvery revolution evaporates and leaves behind it only the slime of bureaucracy.
Franz KafkaDeep 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 MardenMethods 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 CamusFarce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.
John MortimerThe greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart.
Dorothy DayIn a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George OrwellEvery successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.
Barbara Tuchman'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 LinklaterI 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 CourtJ'ai vecu. I survived. (Reply when asked what he did during the French Revolution)
Abbe Emmanuel Joseph SieyesEvery generation needs a new revolution.
Thomas JeffersonThe digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.
Douglas EngelbartRevolution 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 DavisEvery revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.
Albert CamusArt is either plagiarism or revolution.
Paul GauguinIn 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 GauguinWinning the World Cup is the most beautiful thing to have happened to France since the Revolution.
Emmanuel PetitWe have a back four of players from Gillingham, Wrexham, New England Revolution and San Juan Jaboleth - heard of them?
Leo BeenhakkerBritain is not a country that is easily rocked by revolution: In Britain our institutions evolve. [on the lack of revolution in Britain]
William HamiltonTaxation without representation is tyranny. (Watchword of the American Revolution.)
James OtisThe Cuban revolution had just taken place, and there was a tremendous discussion going on about it [on reading about Marxism]
Henry FlyntAll modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the State.
Albert CamusThere is no revolution that can change the nature of man
Benito MussoliniWe are creatures of the underworld. We can't afford to love!
The Children of the revolution
Moulin RougeA modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
Abbie Hoffmanyou 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 ZedongEvery oppressed individual, class, race and group begins to form a mental picture of a revolution.
Alexander MalinaWaste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
Francesco GuicciardiniEvery revolution has its counter-revolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.
C Wright MillsEager 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 HawthorneAs 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 revolution... is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
Fidel CastroRevolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.
Pierre BoulezThe 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 GoldmanThe revolution of rising expectations (1950)
Harlan ClevelandThere 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 Malraux'Revolution' today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.
Wyndham LewisI 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 most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
Hannah ArendtI perceive that, in revolutions, the supreme power rests with the most abandoned.
Georges Jacques DantonThe 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 BurnsThe experience of the irrationality of the world has been the driving force of all religious revolution.
Max WeberRevolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
Kwame NkrumahClemency is also a revolutionary measure.
Camille DesmoulinsThose who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable
John F KennedyRevolutions go not backward.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAt the risk of sounding ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by feelings of love.
Che GuavaraNo 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 Sand
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