Acts of violence Quote by Anonymous

“Revolution is not a dinner party, nor an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully,…

— Rahul Pandita

A revolution is not a dinner party [...] A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

— Mao Zedong

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.

— Mao Zedong

Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully,…

— Anonymous

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.

— James MacGregor Burns

As a political metaphor, a revolution could, in that sense, mean only a return to better times, or to the true constitution: a ridding…

— Ian Hacking

Revolution is only truly revolution if it is a continuous struggle-not just an external struggle against an enemy, but an inner struggle, fighting and…

— Sukarno

Revolution is a bitter thing, mixed with filth and blood, not as lovely or perfect as the poets think. It is eminently down to…

— Lu Xun

Revolt is the violence of an entire people; rebellion the unruliness of an individual or an uprising by a minority; both are spontaneous and…

— Octavio Paz

Revolution does not mean torrents of blood, the taking of the Winter Palace, and so on. Revolution means a radical transformation of society's institutions.…

— Cornelius Castoriadis

A revolution simply means great change, significant change, and that's how I'm defining it - great change for the better, brought about through non-violent…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

A revolution, in politics, is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. The substitution of the rule of an administration for that of…

— Ambrose Bierce