Revolution Quote by Francis Fox

“The best account of events in Pennsylvania leading up to the Declaration of Independence is found in David Freeman Hawke, In the Midst of…

— Francis Fox

“Violent overthrow of the revolution is revolutionary, and compromise with the revolution is revolutionary.”

— Douglas Wilson

“Revolution is progressivist and seeks the strengthening of the state; rebellion is reactionary and seeks its disappearance. The revolutionary is a potential government official;…

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“Revolutionaries do not make revolutions! The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and when they can pick it…

— Hannah Arendt

“True revolutionary activity, in my opinion, is that which hurts the establishment without undue damage to the person who does the revolutionary act. You…

— Florynce Kennedy

We were the most conservative revolutionaries in history.

— Kevin O'Higgins

“Revolution is not the uprising against pre-existing order, but the setting up of a new order contradictory to the traditional one.”

— Paul Brannigan

“It is important for upcoming activists to study American history, as well as political and philosophical thought. It is unlikely that what you hope…

— John Lewis

“Revolution is not a dinner party, nor an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully,…

— Rahul Pandita

“The inferior position of blacks, the exclusion of Indians from the new society, the establishment of supremacy for the rich and powerful in the…

— Howard Zinn

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

— Hannah Arendt

A revolution is not a painless march to the gates of freedom and justice. It is a struggle between rage and hope, between the…

— Hisham Matar