Contradictory Quote by Jose Ortega y Gasset

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

— Paul Brannigan

A revolution must aim at the destruction of the given order and will succeed only by asserting an order of its own.

— Rudolf Arnheim

A revolutionist is one who desires to discard the existing social order and try another.

— George Bernard Shaw

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

After the revolution you have the problem of keeping things going, of sorting out all the different views. It's quite natural that revolutionaries should…

— John Lennon

It is not necessary to wait until all conditions for making revolution exist; the insurrection can create them.

— Che Guevara

The quintessential revolution is that of spirit. Without this, the forces which produce the inequalities of the old order will continue to operate.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

“The difference between revolution and defiance is the difference between an overthrow of the existing order and one person's shaken fist. When the former…

— Brandon W. Forbes

“Revolutions are not always brought about by a gradual decline from bad to worse. Nations that have endured patiently and almost unconsciously the most…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Revolution starts in the mind. Question everything!

— Anonymous

'Revolution' does not necessarily involve sanguinary strife nor is there any place in it for individual vendetta. It is not the cult of the…

— Bhagat Singh

“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