Base Quote by Said Nursi

“Revolutions are usually started by people who are hungry. Sure, there are ideological revolutions, but, again, people rise up because they feel that the…

— Julianna Baggott

“greed is a hunger that will never be satisfied”

— Jeff Wheeler

“Hunger and necessity are poor teachers of morality. A society that cannot provide the basics of life does not get its laws obeyed.”

— A.J. Quinnell

“The history books say that life before the Revolution was completely different from what it is now. There was the most terrible oppression, injustice,…

— George Orwell

“Those who fight for food will die in hunger, those who fight for wealth will end up poor heated, only those who seek knowledge…

— Hamzat Haruna Ribah

The reason for all revolutions is discontent with the contentment of others.

— Sigmund Graff

“The revolution goes on; a man does not make the revolution, not a thousand men, not an army and not a party; the revolution…

— Howard Fast

“They founded a society based not upon currency and commodities but on the elementary notion that if you failed to raise enough to eat,…

— Shirley Abbott

The attempt to satisfy greed is like drinking salty water when thirsty. When lost in greed we look outward rather than inward for satisfaction,…

— Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

“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

“Greed harms you: generosity helps you. This is why it has been said: 'Greed is the mother of incapacity'.”

— Idries Shah

When a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete... Peace and prosperity, public virtue, victory, everything is in the vigor…

— Louis Antoine de Saint-Just