--- title: "1 Violent Revolutions Quotes By Neal Asher" description: "1 Violent Revolutions quotes by Neal Asher. Plus more from Neal Asher and more Violent Revolutions sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/neal-asher-24041_death_when-you-destroyed-autocratic-regimes-yo_2976767.jpg" --- > [“When you destroyed autocratic regimes, you caused more death and suffering than the regime itself, and often ended up with something worse. Your violent revolutions never resulted in anything better, and your revolutionaries always turned into the thing they despised.”](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/neal-asher-24041_death_when-you-destroyed-autocratic-regimes-yo_2976767.jpg) ## More by Neal Asher > [Satisfaction, for us, is only a brief thing. The man who acquires wealth does not reach a point where he has enough. Success for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/satisfaction-for-us-is-only-a-brief-thing-the-man-who-acquires-wealth/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [Gemmell's name guarantees a satisfying story and a thumping good read. I recommend all his heroic creations - 'Druss the axeman,' 'the Jerusalem man,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/gemmell-s-name-guarantees-a-satisfying-story-and-a-thumping-good-read/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [I've been reading Tanith Lee since I was a teenager, beginning with 'The Birthgrave' and 'The Storm Lord.' Only recently did I discover, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/i-ve-been-reading-tanith-lee-since-i-was-a-teenager-beginning-with/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [Ive been an engineer, barman, skip lorry driver, coalman, boat window manufacturer, contract grass cutter and builder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/ive-been-an-engineer-barman-skip-lorry-driver-coalman-boat-window/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [The greatest admission a human can make is that perhaps he does not have the intelligence, the vision, the grasp to fully understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/the-greatest-admission-a-human-can-make-is-that-perhaps-he-does-not/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [With fantasy, one often has to think of a well-loved series before narrowing the selection to a favourite book. So it is with Zelazny.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/with-fantasy-one-often-has-to-think-of-a-well-loved-series-before/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [“Cormac was completely aware that he was being manipulated, but how he could not see. He reckoned that when he did find out, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/cormac-was-completely-aware-that-he-was-being-manipulated-but-how-he/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [I have had periods when I've overused a word, 'candent' being one example, but I'm trying not to do that any more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/i-have-had-periods-when-i-ve-overused-a-word-candent-being-one/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [My favourite place to write is at my desk in my house in the mountains of Crete. I produce more there because one big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/my-favourite-place-to-write-is-at-my-desk-in-my-house-in-the/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [The end of the mid finger on my left hand is wider than normal, the nail distorted and a scar in the end. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/the-end-of-the-mid-finger-on-my-left-hand-is-wider-than-normal-the/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [When I started out, I didn't have any writing routine, I had a job. Writing was a hobby I indulged in over the weekends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/when-i-started-out-i-didn-t-have-any-writing-routine-i-had-a-job/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [Moorcock's interlinked 'Eternal Champion' series is a constant source of enjoyment. Of its tragic hero incarnations, my favourite is 'Elric of Melnibone,' and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/moorcock-s-interlinked-eternal-champion-series-is-a-constant-source/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [When I get started each day, I read through and correct the previous day's 2,000 words, then start on the next. As I reach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/when-i-get-started-each-day-i-read-through-and-correct-the-previous/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [“shattered like old glass,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/shattered-like-old-glass/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) > [It wasn't until I had been writing on and off for maybe ten years that I started to establish any kind of routine, thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-asher/it-wasn-t-until-i-had-been-writing-on-and-off-for-maybe-ten-years/) [Neal Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-asher/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/violent-revolutions/neal-asher/#itemlist", "name": "1 Violent Revolutions Quotes By Neal Asher", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When you destroyed autocratic regimes, you caused more death and suffering than the regime itself, and often ended up with something worse. 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