We were the most conservative revolutionaries in history.

Revolutionaries see history as a creation of their own spirit, as being made up of a continuous series of violent tugs at the other…

— Antonio Gramsci

I've always considered Christ to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humanity.

— Fidel Castro

“Hitler deserves to be placed firmly on the left because first first and foremost he was a revolutionary. Broadly speaking, the left is the…

— Jonah Goldberg

The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the…

— Will Durant

Socialism is young and has made errors. Many times revolutionaries lack the knowledge and intellectual courage needed to meet the task of developing the…

— Che Guevara

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 eat only…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Rebels seldom make good revolutionaries, because organized action, even union with other people, is not possible for them.

— Lillian Hellman

We respect revolutionaries, not because they always do the right things but because of their power to destroy and courage to rebuild.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Revolutionaries don't get job security.

— Ruby Dee

In Europe and America alike, voters increasingly recognize that the benefits of the green revolution aren't worth the costs, particularly when the revolutionaries don't…

— Jonah Goldberg

[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.

— Akbar Ganji

Moral revolutions are typically seen retrospectively. Prospectively, the revolutionaries tend to look like crazy people, and sometimes they are.

— Dale Jamieson

I think it's really important to create spiritual revolutionaries.

— Beryl Bender Birch

There are only two great currents in the history of mankind: the baseness which makes conservatives and the envy which makes revolutionaries.

— Edmond de Goncourt

Mayors typically don't do the things we're trying to do... Revolutionaries aren't typically Mayor.

— Chokwe Lumumba