Age Quote by George F. Kennan

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution.

— George Bernard Shaw

Revolutions and revolutionary wars are inevitable in class society, and without them it is impossible to accomplish any leap in social development and to…

— Mao Zedong

If the idea of revolution is to win out, it must be through political enlightenment. It is useless to try to impose it by…

— Sun Yat-sen

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

— Bhagat Singh

A revolution is certainly the most authoritarian thing there is; it is the act whereby one part of the population imposes its will upon…

— Friedrich Engels

A rebellion against a tyrant is only immoral when it hasn't got a chance.

— Muriel Spark

The hopeless don't revolt, because revolution is an act of hope.

— Peter Kropotkin

Revolution is indeed a violent process. But if it is to result only in a change of dictatorship, in a shifting of names and…

— Emma Goldman

The characteristic mark of this age of dictators, wars and revolutions is its anticapitalistic bias. Most governments and political parties were eager to restrict…

— Ludwig von Mises

“Revolutions as often take place because the old regime simply collapse out of economic inefficiency and bureaucratic rigidity rather than for the reasons given…

— Bernard Crick

It is a know fact that almost all revolutions have been the work, not of the common people, but of the aristocracy, and especially…

— Vilfredo Pareto

A government creates its own revolution. There can be no revolt without it.

— William Powell