History Quote by Andre Malraux

In comparison to the French Revolution, the American Revolution has come to seem a parochial and rather dull event. This, despitethe fact that the…

— Irving Kristol

“With the single exception of the American Revolution, the aftermath of all revolutions from 1789 on only worsened the human condition.”

— Arnold Beichman

“Revolutions are not always brought about by a gradual decline from bad to worse. Nations that have endured patiently and almost unconsciously the most…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Revolution was the great nightmare of eighteenth-century British society, and when first the American Revolution of 1776, then the French Revolution of 1789 overturned…

— Ronald Carter

History teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place…

— Hubert H. Humphrey

A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

— Fidel Castro

Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary's life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for…

— Angela Davis

Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionarys life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for…

— Angela Davis

All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings,…

— Edward Abbey

A successful revolution establishes a new community. A missed revolution makes irrelevant the community that persists. And a compromised revolution tends to shatter the…

— Paul Goodman

“We think of 1789 as the date of the French Revolution, and the storming of the Bastille as its defining event. Yet as late…

— Mike Jay

We got our revolution out of the way long before the French and the Americans. The monarchy was restored, but the sovereignty of our…

— Robert Webb