Quotes about revolution
revolution illusion humans
The saddest illusion of the revolutionary is that revolution itself will transform the nature of human beings. Shirley Williams
revolution forts used
We built your fort. We will not have it used against us. John Wayne
revolution citizens want
Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution? Maximilien Robespierre
revolution retreat plans
In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat. Martin Luther
revolution social entity
Revolution is born as a social entity within the oppressor society. Paulo Freire
revolution painful aids
I trust we shall never be reduced to the painful extremity of seeking the aid of Mirabeau. Marie Antoinette
revolutionary young
To be a young Gaullist is to be a revolutionary! Nicolas Sarkozy
revolution evolution
Revolution is obstructed evolution. Myrtle Reed
revolution remember
Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom. Millard Fillmore
revolutionary novel
I love Richard Yates, his work, and the novel, Revolutionary Road. It's a devastating novel. Michael Chabon
revolution conformity rebellion
One of the saddest things about conformity is the ghastly sort of non-conformity it breeds; the noisy protesting, the aggressive rebelliousness, the rigid counter-fetishism. Louis Kronenberger
revolution deceived rules-for-radicals
Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward. Abraham Lincoln
revolution
We create revolution by living it. Jerry Rubin
revolution today egyptian
Today we are all Egyptians. Jens Stoltenberg
revolutionary addict
We are all revolutionaries now, addicts of change. Christopher Lasch
revolution unlikely stage
At the highest stage of capitalism, the most necessary revolution appears as the most unlikely one. Herbert Marcuse
revolution causes noble
Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind! George Washington
revolutionary function motor
Engineers at General Motors have developed a revolutionary new engine whose only function is to lubricate itself. George Carlin
revolution politician made
We are not politicians. We made our revolution to get the politicians out. Fidel Castro
revolution retreat triumph
The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph.... we must not retreat. George III
revolution determined congress
We are determined to listen to nothing from the illegal congress.
revolution authority scoundrels
In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels. Georges Danton
revolution
No one makes a revolution by himself. George Sand
revolution exception capitalism
With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution. George Bernard Shaw
revolution vices courageous
Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.
revolution easy
The revolution is really easy to do nowadays. Eric Cantona
revolution needs bases
Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself. Jawaharlal Nehru
revolution revolutionary
Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives. Italo Calvino
revolution
I don't get fan mail. It disappeared with the digital revolution. Berkeley Breathed
revolutionary-ideas church thumbs
Folks, it's time to evolve. That's why we're troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything's failing? It's because, um – they're no longer relevant. We're supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right? Bill Hicks
revolution kind turns
I'm kind of like Che Guevera. I lead the revolution, but at some point I turn it over to someone else. Jesse Ventura
revolution frozen situation
We revolutionaries acknowledge the right to revolution when we see that the situation is no longer tolerable, that it has become a frozen. Then we have the right to overthrow it. Ernst Toller
revolution modern cases
Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business. Garet Garrett