Revolution Quotes

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Geologists have usually had recourse for the explanation of these changes to the supposition of sundry violent and extraordinary catastrophes, cataclysms, or general revolutions having… — George Julius Poulett Scrope
One does not necessarily have to wait for a revolutionary situation: it can be created. — Che Guevara
Revolution cleanses men, improving them as the experimental farmer corrects the defects of his plants. — Che Guevara
It turns out one of my ancestors fought in the Continental Army, so I was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution. — Henry Louis Gates
I am fascinated by revolution. I am completely absorbed by it. I am crazed, am obsessed by the romanticism... . Revolution surges, flashes, thunders in… — Sukarno
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 subduing… — Sukarno
The revolution begins at home. — Cherrie Moraga
I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution. — Emmeline Pankhurst
What happened in the late Fifties, early Sixties in French cinema was a fantastic revolution. I was in Italy, but completely in love with the… — Bernardo Bertolucci
Seek justice from tyrannical governments not with your hat in your hands but with a rifle in your fist. — Emiliano Zapata
Personalities and fame pass; the revolution must remain. — Samora Machel
Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions. — Faye Wattleton
Our climate is changing. The Earth's climate has, in fact, warmed by 1.1 to 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit since the industrial revolution. People look at this… — Dianne Feinstein
Men are made uneasy; they flinch; they cannot bear the sudden light; a general restlessness supervenes; the face of society is disturbed, or perhaps convulsed;… — Henry Thomas Buckle
Clemency is also a revolutionary measure. — Camille Desmoulins
This socialism will develop in all its phases until it reaches its own extremes and absurdities. Then once again a cry of denial will break… — Alexander Herzen
The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how… — Pico Iyer
The British are supposed to be particularly averse to intellectuals, a prejudice closely bound up with their dislike of foreigners. Indeed, one important source of… — Terry Eagleton
We need to reach the millions who live in cities, the hundreds of thousands in industrial centers, the tens of thousands in medium-sized towns, the… — Eberhard Arnold
The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas. — Carl Bernstein
If the sexual revolution has been a medical disaster, socially it has been a catastrophe. Why do the media not report and explore the tragic… — Pat Buchanan
It is the same with revolution; so long as the proper spirit is spreading amongst our young men, we are satisfied that it spreads without… — Henry Lawson
Revolutions are notorious for allowing even non-participants -- even women! -- new scope for telling the truth since they are themselves such massive moments of… — Selma James
At the crash of economic collapse of which the rumblings can already be heard, the sleeping soldiers of the proletariat will awake as at the… — Karl Liebknecht
At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned. — Georges Danton

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