Overthrow is a nicely judged word. It suggests a wrestler…

We judge ourselves by our good intentions, but we're judged by our last word.

— Tom Selleck

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“Overthrow the bureaucracy, and return to a system based on human responsibility.”

— Philip K. Howard

“The majority is always wrong, and the minority of supermen and degenerates—Zolas, Ibsens, etc.—must band together and overthrow the whole damn system which drives…

— Wallace E. Baker

Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not.

— Frances Wright

Sometimes with young pitchers, they'll kind of overdo it or overthrow a little bit.

— Aaron Boone

The character and fight against fascism moved centre stage when, in 1936, Franco attempted to overthrow by force the Popular Front Government of Republican Spain.

— Bill Alexander

No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them.

— Assata Shakur

“The greatest mistake a people can make is to hesitate even for a single second to overthrow a greedy government that cares only about…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“Whose empire did you just overthrow?" My own.”

— Emery Lord

The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the President may so annul the constitutions and laws of sovereign states, overthrow their domestic…

— Melville Fuller

“Men don’t overthrow governments just to create a vacuum. They do it to acquire power.”

— Jamie Sedgwick

“How can you walk away,” Connor finally says, “when they’re about to overthrow the Cap-17 law?”

— Neal Shusterman

“she learned slowly and painfully that it was easier to overthrow a government than to create a one...”

— Lynne Withey

Honduras is strongly anti-Communist, maintains no diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and has provided vital support for United States-backed rebels fighting to overthrow…

— Stephen Kinzer