Freedom Quote by James Tiptree Jr

As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace…

— William Greider

Revolutions can be messy but they can't be perceived as unjust.

— Varun Grover

I had rather be guillotined than a guillotiner.

— Georges Danton

It's the occasion that makes the revolution.

— Machado de Assis

I am, by instinct, wary of revolutions. The gathering of the masses fills me with trepidation.

— Hisham Matar

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I was born in revolution.

— Anonymous

The seed of revolution is repression.

— Woodrow Wilson

I am an enemy to revolutions. I abhor, both from temper and from the clearest judgment I am able to form, all violent convulsions…

— William Godwin

If you want to be a true revolutionist, you must first quit chewing gum, because revolution requires high seriousness!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I'm not for real revolutions, because they always bring you the opposite of what you want. You very seldom get what you want if…

— Gore Vidal

Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.

— Pierre Boulez