Revolution Quote by Trotsky

“The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed.”

— George Orwell

“only means to destroy revolt were considered, while the causes of revolt went on.”

— John Steinbeck

“Therefore the modern man in revolt has become practically useless for all purposes of revolt. By rebelling against everything he has lost his right…

— G.K. Chesterton

“In principle any revolt strengthens the government it fails to overthrow.”

— victor hugo

“No victorious revolution without an idea. Certainly! But just as certainly: It is not the idea which makes a revolution, but privation which causes…

— Victor Klemperer

“Rebellion without reprisal is one of democracy's perks, right?”

— Laura Kelly

“I don’t encourage chaos to initiate a revolution. The only reason to revolt is because the people find the government revolting.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Revolt begins first in the human heart. But there comes a time when revolt spreads from heart to spirit, when a feeling becomes an…

— Albert Camus

“Violent revolution fails because it is not revolutionary enough. It changes the rulers but not the rules, the ends but not the means.”

— Walter Wink

“It has been said that most revolutions are not caused by revolutionaries in the first place, but by the stupidity and brutality of governments,”

— Malcolm Gladwell

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

— Douglas Wilson

“It goes without saying that a civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has…

— Sigmund Freud