Revolution Quotes

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The Revolution's most important result was Napoleon, whose most important result (as France learned in 1871, and again in 1914, and again in 1940) was… — George Will
In most cases, when the lion, weary of obeying its master, has torn and devoured him, its nerves are pacified and it looks round for… — Paul Valery
Though a revolution may call itself "national," it always marks the victory of a single party. — Andre Gide
Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
By revolution we become more ourselves, not less. — George Orwell
The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas. — Joseph Conrad
The era of the political was one of anomie: crisis, violence, madness and revolution. The era of the trans-political is that of anomaly: an aberration… — Jean Baudrillard
In America the word revolutionary is used to sell pantyhose. — Rita Mae Brown
Revolutionaries are rarely motivated primarily by material considerations-though the illusion that they are persists in the West. — Henry A. Kissinger
To revolutionaries the significant reality is the world which they are fighting to bring about, not the world they are fighting to overcome. — Henry A. Kissinger
The consequences of militancy do not disappear when the need for militancy is over. — Germaine Greer
Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have been men, and… — Kabir
The great revolution of the future will be Nature's revolt against man. — Holbrook Jackson
Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most. — Norman Mailer
Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect. — Alan Greenspan
In the human mind, one-sidedness has always been the rule, and many-sidedness the exception. Hence, even in revolutions of opinion, one part of the truth… — John Stuart Mill
The opening of a foreign trade, by making them acquainted with new objects, or tempting them by the easier acquisition of things which they had… — John Stuart Mill
I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood. — John Mason Brown
Percussion music is revolution. Sound and rhythm have too long been submissive to the restrictions of nineteenth century music. Today we are fighting for their… — John Cage
Rebels seldom make good revolutionaries, because organized action, even union with other people, is not possible for them. — Lillian Hellman
Revolutions are not made by fate but by men. — Jacob Bronowski
The men who made the Industrial Revolution are usually pictured as hardfaced businessmen with no other motive than self-interest. That is certainly wrong. For one… — Jacob Bronowski
Too many so-called leaders of the movement have been made into celebrities and their revolutionary fervor destroyed by mass media. They become Hollywood objects and… — Huey Newton
As far as world war goes, there are really only two possibilities: either war provokes revolution, or revolution averts war. — Mao Zedong
The main form of struggle is war; the main form of organization is the army... . Without armed struggle there would be no place for… — Mao Zedong

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