“The revolutionaries failed to institute the novel forms of social and political organization they hankered after; Workers would not accept a ten-day… — Alan Ryan Copy Share Image
Lenin had just reflected that the revolution would never happen in his lifetime when in February 1917, hungry crowds in Petrograd overthrew… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“For all too many of these high-born revolutionaries, the main attraction of 'the cause' lay not so much in the satisfaction which… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
Revolutionaries see history as a creation of their own spirit, as being made up of a continuous series of violent tugs at… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
Upbeat is for people who want to feel good about their cause: the reformers, the progressives, the revolutionaries, the utopians, the collectivists,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
This open eye for possible alternatives which need to be scrutinized before we can determine which is the best grounded is profoundly… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
What cultural revolutionaries do not seem to grasp is that, far from being a grass-roots art form that has been taken over… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
Women make natural anarchists and revolutionaries because they've always been second-class citizens, kinda having had to claw their way up. I mean,… — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
“A mix of revenge, sadness and anger funnels into a decision that’s so simple and neat, it could fit in my pocket.… — Georgia Clark Copy Share Image
I discovered that there is Indian blood in my ancestry on my father's side - a fact that had not been talked… — Diana Quick Copy Share Image
L. Ram Saran Das was a member of the revolutionary party which was held responsible for many a violent deed. But this… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
Socialism is young and has made errors. Many times revolutionaries lack the knowledge and intellectual courage needed to meet the task of… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
“The revolutionaries want a new country in a new world, one they cannot see but believe they can build. And they believe… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
In Europe and America alike, voters increasingly recognize that the benefits of the green revolution aren't worth the costs, particularly when the… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
Black Revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. We are shaped by our oppression. We are… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
On the Russian revolutionaries:To leave your parents, faithful and loyal subjects of the Emperor, to leave your profession, to desist from having… — Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Copy Share Image
The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens.… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
“We’re a nonviolent collective working to undermine the Trust and free the Badlands. Once the Trust is exposed as lying and corrupt,… — Georgia Clark Copy Share Image
I need you to do more than survive. As writers, as revolutionaries, tell the truth, your truth in your own way. Do… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
“American revolutionaries would invoke the same creation story against the British king’s claim to divine right, declaring: We hold these truths to… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
“Abnegation who switch to Dauntless become... I don’t know, soldiers, I guess. Revolutionaries. That’s what he could be, if he trusted himself… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“There are 2 types of revolutionaries: those bred through a rich education, and those bred through a poor education. But there is… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Unless you are addressing the issues people are concerned about and contributing positive direction, they'll never support you. The first thing the… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
We really can't tell the difference between people who might seek power for some greater good and people who seek power just… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
“There are basically two kinds of revolutionaries living in the world today. One looks at a crowd of people and asks how… — James Tracy Copy Share Image
My education was dominated by modernist thinkers and artists who taught me that the supreme imperative was courage to face the awful… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
It’s the well-behaved children that make the most formidable revolutionaries. They don’t say a word, they don’t hide under the table, they… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“Generation to generation, these pseudo-revolutionaries could never handle not being the cool kids. Something was always wrong. No sense of humor, no… — Caspar Vega Copy Share Image
To me, those three are the revolutionaries. Richard Pryor was honest, raw. George Carlin was brilliant. He was also deep, fearless. And… — Jim Breuer Copy Share Image
“Revolutionaries - true revolutionaries - are aggressive, ruthless, and generally seize the main chance, as William Henry Drayton did when he saw… — John Buchanan Copy Share Image
