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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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## More by Petra Kelly

> [I belong to the initiators of the... and we had repeatedly also asked the dismantling of the SS-20 but we did not connect them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/i-belong-to-the-initiators-of-the-and-we-had-repeatedly-also-asked/)

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

> [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/)

> [A truly free society must not include a peace which oppresses us. We must learn on our own terms what peace and freedom mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/a-truly-free-society-must-not-include-a-peace-which-oppresses-us-we/)

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

> [We cannot feast on global resources while the world's poor struggle to survive on inhospitable lands. It is as simple as that. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/we-cannot-feast-on-global-resources-while-the-world-s-poor-struggle/)

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

> [We are at a point in human evolution when human solidarity on a global scale is absolutely vital for the survival of the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/we-are-at-a-point-in-human-evolution-when-human-solidarity-on-a/)

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

> [Like the mind-set that places men above women, whites above blacks, and rich above poor, the mentality that places humans above nature is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/like-the-mind-set-that-places-men-above-women-whites-above-blacks-and/)

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

> [If there is a future, it will be Green.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/if-there-is-a-future-it-will-be-green/)

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

> [Power over must be replaced by shared power, by the power to do things, by the discovery of our own strength as opposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/power-over-must-be-replaced-by-shared-power-by-the-power-to-do-things/)

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

> [The profound political changes we need in order to heal our planet will not come about through fragmented problem solving or intellectual analyses that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/the-profound-political-changes-we-need-in-order-to-heal-our-planet/)

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

> [The vision I see is not only a movement of direct democracy, of self- and co-determination and non-violence, but a movement in which politics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/the-vision-i-see-is-not-only-a-movement-of-direct-democracy-of-self/)

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

> [I have hope for the world, although it is ten minutes before Doomsday. Women all over the world are rising up and infusing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/i-have-hope-for-the-world-although-it-is-ten-minutes-before-doomsday/)

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

> [Our motto is, 'Be gentle and subversive.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/our-motto-is-be-gentle-and-subversive/)

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

> [Practically every violent conflict or social change has proved that violence unleashes violence in return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/practically-every-violent-conflict-or-social-change-has-proved-that/)

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

> [Overturning patriarchy does not mean replacing men's dominance with women's dominance. That would merely maintain the patriarchal pattern of dominance. We need to transform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/overturning-patriarchy-does-not-mean-replacing-men-s-dominance-with/)

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

> [We, the generation that faces the next century, can add the solemn injunction ''If we don't do the impossible, we shall be faced with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-kelly/we-the-generation-that-faces-the-next-century-can-add-the-solemn/)

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

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