Quotes about revolution
revolution buttons action
Revolutions are not push button affairs; rather, they evolve only if there exists a reservoir of hope and grievance that can be galvanized into popular action. Michael Parenti
revolution citizens want
Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution? Maximilien Robespierre
revolution crowds just-one
Revolution is just one crowd taking power from another. John Updike
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 rebellious invention
In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end. Alexis de Tocqueville
revolution soil ifs
If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil.
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 may democratic
Revolution may not be pro-Western or democratic. Evgeny Morozov
revolution kentuckians quitter
We had quitters during the Revolution too...we called them 'Kentuckians.' George Washington
revolution causes noble
Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!
revolution climate-change increase
Concentration of greenhouse gases, especially CO2, have increased substantially since the beginning of the industrial revolution. And the National Academy of Sciences indicates that the increase is due in large part to human activity. George W. Bush
revolution
By revolution we become more ourselves, not less. George Orwell
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 rebellion burden
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny; they have only shifted it to another shoulder.
revolution easy
The revolution is really easy to do nowadays. Eric Cantona