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Revolution Quotes by Will Durant
- The victors called the revolution a triumph of liberty; but now and then liberty in the slogans of the strong means freedom from restraint in…
- In progressive societies the concentration[of wealth] may reach a point where the strength of number in the many poor rivals the strength of ability in…
- If our economy of freedom fails to distribute wealth as ably as it has created it, the road to dictatorship will be open to any…
- The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only…
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- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
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