Combination Quote by Vijay Prashad

Over the last two or so decades, there's been an increase in thinking among the Left, liberals, intellectuals in the direction of so-called spontaneity.…

— Vijay Prashad

You see all kinds of anarchic forms of rebellion, but the moment of preparation is when the Communists and other kinds of political forces…

— Vijay Prashad

In the United States, revolts tends to be directed against specific situations, rarely against the social structure as a whole.

— Harold Rosenberg

What is to prevent, say, an uprising?

— Suzanne Collins

We deplore the outrages which accompany revolutions. But the more violent the outrages, the more assured we feel that a revolution was necessary.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

'Uprising' was requested by so many politicians in America for use in their rallies, and we turned them down on a regular basis.

— Matt Bellamy

Violent revolutions usually only mean a change of personnel at the top.

— Petra Kelly

What is interesting about the revolts is that they show that there is never anything purely spontaneous, and there is always some thinking and…

— Nigel Gibson

Each situation has to be evaluated separately, for all are different. In general, I believe in non-violent direct action, which involve organizing large numbers…

— Howard Zinn

“The concurrence of two elements is necessary for bringing about a revolution; and by revolution I do not mean the street warfare, nor the…

— Pyotr Kropotkin

To revolt within society in order to make it a little better, to bring about certain reforms, is like the revolt of prisoners to…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what…

— Madeleine Albright