Art Quote by Blaise Pascal

The art of subversion, of revolution, is to dislodge established customs by probing down to their origins in order to show how they lack…

— Blaise Pascal

It is the quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws; but to break up both, and make new ones.

— Abraham Lincoln

History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius of their…

— Benjamin Franklin

Duty of a citizen to the defective state is betraying it. Because the defective state has already betrayed its citizens.

— Ilkin Santak

“The art of opposition and of revolution is to unsettle established customs, sounding them even to their source, to point out their want of…

— Blaise Pascal

To get the bad customs of a country changed and new ones, though better, introduced, it is necessary first to remove the prejudices of…

— Benjamin Franklin

Revolutions can be messy but they can't be perceived as unjust.

— Varun Grover

When the people rule, they must be rendered happy, or they will overturn the state.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The worst of revolutions is a restoration.

— Charles James Fox

In addition to encouraging us to participate in narratives of "deservingness" that cast large parts of our constituencies as "undeserving," legal reform strategies encourage…

— Dean Spade

It is one of the ironies of history that reformers so often misjudge the consequences of their reforms.

— John W. Gardner

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

— Hu Shih