I see no profound progress taking place when there is no hope, no inspiration, only drastic overthrow and rebellion. Before having a… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Theres another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevsky said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
Just as any revolution eats its children, unchecked market fundamentalism can devour the social capital essential for the long-term dynamism of capitalism… — Mark Carney Copy Share Image
All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
An environmental revolution is taking shape in the United States. This revolution has touched communities of color from New York to California… — Robert D Bullard Copy Share Image
I shall die in the belief that to make France free, republican and prosperous, a little ink would have sufficed - and… — Camille Desmoulins Copy Share Image
The memory of oppressed people is one thing that cannot be taken away, and for such people, with such memories, revolt is… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I get up every morning and think, today I'm going to make a difference. Today I'm going to end capitalism. Today I'm… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
“In countries of more advanced civilisation and of a more insurrectionary spirit, the public, accustomed to expect everything to be done for… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
“On July 3, 1968, Chairman Mao issued an order calling for the ruthless suppression of class enemies. He wanted all members of… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
How this feels is I'm just another task in God's daily planner: The Renaissance pencilled in for right after the Dark Ages.… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
You have to understand that to have a revolution when you are 18 years old is completely different from normal political leaders… — Jose Manuel Barroso Copy Share Image
The birth control pill, to a great degree, made possible the (hetero)sexual revolution. Yet those who developed oral contraceptives did not intend… — Beth Bailey Copy Share Image
Carla Hesse has given us an astonishing new look at women's struggle for independent expression and moral autonomy during the French Revolution… — Natalie Zemon Davis Copy Share Image
Kinzie smiled smugly. “You admire our base of operations? Yes, our distribution system is worldwide. It took many years and most of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Revolutions invariably don't solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea. — Akbar Ganji Copy Share Image
“Direct action meant that the goal of any and all of these activities was to provide ways for people to get in… — Martha Ackelsberg Copy Share Image
The sooner our society admits that the Negro Revolution is no momentary outburst soon to subside into placid passivity, the easier the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I mean this is a revolution in how campaigns work - more money was spent by super PACs than by either myself… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have… — Kabir Copy Share Image
There is a movement happening, a quiet one. A low-profile, low-resolution revolution. Comprised of writers and dreamers, of guerrilla artists and thought-ninjas.… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
“The Earth was singing her revolution. She was calling her brave men and women to her defense.” — Rivera Sun Copy Share Image
I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that seems to have no meaning. — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
...every successful quality revolution has included the participation of upper management. We know of no exceptions. — Joseph M. Juran Copy Share Image
After sweeping to power in the Newt Gingrich-led 'revolution' of 1994, the GOP had overplayed its hand and watched Bill Clinton easily… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective… — Linton Kwesi Johnson Copy Share Image
Effective resistance to usurpers is possible only provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Nations are less disposed to make revolutions in proportion as personal property is augmented and distributed among them, and as the number… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Whether or not you call it Black Lives Matter, whether or not you put a hashtag in front of it, whether or… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
Toughness found fertile soil in the hearts of Palestinians, and the grains of resistance embedded themselves in their skin. Endurance evolved as… — Susan Abulhawa Copy Share Image
If there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
This uprising of 1976-77 was, of course, the historic watershed... Within a short period of time, it propelled into the forefront of… — Oliver Tambo Copy Share Image
A revolution is bloody. Revolution is hostile. Revolution knows no compromise. Revolution overturns and destroys everything that gets in its way. And… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
All revolutions are impossible until they happen. Then they become inevitable — Albie Sachs Copy Share Image
REVOLUTION, n. A bursting of the boilers which usually takes place when the safety valve of public discussion is closed. — Ambrose Bierce 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
