At the risk of sounding ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by feelings of love.
Che GuavaraI perceive that, in revolutions, the supreme power rests with the most abandoned.
Georges Jacques DantonI 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 NewtonIn 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 GauguinThe 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 revolution evaporates and leaves behind it only the slime of bureaucracy.
Franz KafkaThe 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 HillRevolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.
Italo CalvinoA modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
Abbie Hoffman'Revolution' today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.
Wyndham LewisOwning your own home is America's unique recipe for avoiding revolution and promoting pseudo-equality at the same time.
Florence KingThe Cuban revolution had just taken place, and there was a tremendous discussion going on about it [on reading about Marxism]
Henry Flynt'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 digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.
Douglas EngelbartHistory 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 HumphreyThere is no revolution that can change the nature of man
Benito MussoliniWe forget how he revolutionised acting. [On Marlon Brando]
Anthony QuinnWaste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
Francesco GuicciardiniRevolution 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 DavisThe time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
Adlai E StevensonThe 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 JrThe revolution of rising expectations (1950)
Harlan ClevelandMethods 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 CamusThe 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 GoldmanEvery successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.
Barbara TuchmanEvery generation needs a new revolution.
Thomas JeffersonThe most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
Hannah ArendtArt is either plagiarism or revolution.
Paul GauguinFarce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.
John MortimerRevolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.
Pierre BoulezDeep 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 Mardenyou 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 ZedongThere 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 time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
Adlai StevensonWinning the World Cup is the most beautiful thing to have happened to France since the Revolution.
Emmanuel PetitA reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
Edward Bulwer-LyttonThe first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
Abbie HoffmanClemency is also a revolutionary measure.
Camille DesmoulinsBritain is not a country that is easily rocked by revolution: In Britain our institutions evolve. [on the lack of revolution in Britain]
William HamiltonI 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 CourtEvery revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.
Albert CamusI 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 BrownTaxation without representation is tyranny. (Watchword of the American Revolution.)
James OtisAs 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 GrayThere was reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, might devour in turn each one of her children.
Pierre VergniaudEvery revolution has its counter-revolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.
C Wright MillsThose who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable
John F KennedyEager 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 HawthorneJ'ai vecu. I survived. (Reply when asked what he did during the French Revolution)
Abbe Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes
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