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The two revolutions, I mean the annual revolutions of the declination and of the centre of the Earth, are not completely equal; that is the… — Nicolaus Copernicus
If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
Revolutions are not made, they come. — Wendell Phillips
I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions. The most important dichotomy that I make for a society… — Akbar Ganji
A revolution was never fought, throughout history, for ideals. Revolutions were fought for much more concrete things: food, clothes, housing, and to relieve intolerable oppression.… — William Powell
The biggest revolutions are the ones that happen in-between our ears. — Rob Brown
Just as the world cannot live on wars, so people cannot on revolutions — Adolf Hitler
The link between literacy and revolutions is a well-known historical phenomenon. The three great revolutions of modern European history -- the English, the French and… — Orlando Figes
We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed… — Oliver Goldsmith
All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings, if… — Edward Abbey
The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his old order standing. Time and space, cause and effect, nature and history, and… — William James
However much an ideologue tries to bury [Lenin] beneath a proof by historical analysis, there is always this one man standing their on the plain… — Louis Althusser
The strongest affection and utmost zeal should, I think, promote the studies concerned with the most beautiful objects. This is the discipline that deals with… — Nicolaus Copernicus
When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make… — George William Russell
Ideas are the factors that lift civilization. They create revolutions. There is more dynamite in an idea than in many bombs. — John H. Vincent
Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. — Socrates
Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth;… — Socrates
Revolutions are like the most noxious dungheaps, which bring into life the noblest vegetables. — Napoleon Bonaparte
In retrospect, all revolutions seem inevitable. Beforehand, all revolutions seem impossible. — Unknown Author
Revolutions are not made: they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are… — Wendell Phillips
Great revolutions, whatever may be their causes, are not lightly commenced, and are not concluded with precipitation. — Benjamin Disraeli
Revolutions are not made with rosewater. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Revolutions can no longer be achieved by minorities. No matter how energetic and intelligent a minority may be, it is not enough, in modern times… — Jean Jaures
Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous. — Pierre Boulez
True revolutions in art restore more than they destroy. — Louise Bogan

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