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title: "5 Violent Revolutions Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Violent revolutions usually only mean a change of personnel at the top.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/violent-revolutions-usually-only-mean-a-change-of-personnel-at-the-top/)

[Petra Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petra-kelly/)

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> [All revolutions are violent revolutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-watson/all-revolutions-are-violent-revolutions/)

[Paul Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-watson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/paul-watson-1855_revolution_all-revolutions-are-violent-revolutions_761298.jpg)

> [The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his old order standing. Time and space, cause and effect, nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-most-violent-revolutions-in-an-individuals-beliefs-leave-most-of/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Those who make peaceful revolutions impossible,will make violent revolutions inevitable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy-2/those-who-make-peaceful-revolutions-impossible-will-make-violent/)

[John F Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy-2/)

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> [“When you destroyed autocratic regimes, you caused more death and suffering than the regime itself, and often ended up with something worse.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/when-you-destroyed-autocratic-regimes-you-caused-more-death-and/)

[Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/)

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