Overthrowing Quotes

22 quotes by 22 authors

The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves… — Ulysses S. Grant
The political form of a society wherein the proletariat is victorious in overthrowing the bourgeoisie will be a democratic republic. — Vladimir Lenin
We [Americans] move about the world arrogantly, calling wars when we want, overthrowing governments when we want. There is a price to be paid for… — Harry Belafonte
If the Pope were to deny that the death penalty could be an exercise of retributive justice, he would be overthrowing the tradition of two… — Avery Dulles
The people, especially when moderately instructed, are the only safe, because the only honest, depositaries of the public rights, and should therefore be introduced into… — Thomas Jefferson
Protest to be effective, must be followed by resolute action and at this crisis in world history when materialistic energy aims at overthrowing spiritual energy… — Vida Goldstein
Overthrowing capitalism is too small for us. We must overthrow the whole...patriarch! — Gloria Steinem
A political satirist's job is to draw blood. I'm not so much interested in politics as I am in overthrowing the government. — Mort Sahl
If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own. — James F. Cooper
I'm in a situation with this girl that's as hopeless as overthrowing the Bush administration. — Aziz Ansari
I am struggling to maintain the government, not to overthrow it. I am struggling especially to prevent others from overthrowing it. — Abraham Lincoln
A heavily armed citizenry is not about overthrowing the government; it is about preventing the government from overthrowing liberty. — Lawrence Hunter
William Wilberforce...w as a great man who impacted the Western world as few others have done. Blessed with brains, charm, influence and initiative, much wealth… — J I Packer
At college my three main interests were - in descending order of importance - a steady supply of recreational drugs, a 2-S draft deferment, and… — Garry Trudeau
Air forces offered the possibility of striking a the enemy's economic and moral centres without having first to achieve 'the destruction of the enemy's main… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Socialist democracy is not a luxury but an absolute, essential necessity for overthrowing capitalism and building socialism. — Ernest Mandel
Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a… — Jonathan Sacks
Both for the production on a mass scale of this communist consciousness, and for the success of the cause itself, the alteration of men on… — Karl Marx
Oh!â€ said she, â€œI heard you before, but I could not immediately determine what to say in reply. You wanted me, I know, to say… — Jane Austen
A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once. "A businessman has… — Walter Mosley

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