Appeals Quote by Walt Whitman

Many of the obstacles for change which have been attributed to human nature are in fact due to the inertia of institutions and to…

— John Dewey

We must nevertheless present all possible interpretations for each observation, so that competing theories can be formulated and defended. In science, as elsewhere, intellectual…

— Hubert Reeves

Revolution is obstructed evolution.

— Myrtle Reed

“There seems to be a psychological law of inertia that bogs down every hopeful activist and subverts every revolution. When compassion and empathy fail,…

— Pat Califia

“To preserve our absolute categories or ideals at the expense of human lives offends equally against the principles of science and of history; it…

— Isaiah Berlin

Revolutions are all based on the false idea that humans and their nature can be changed.

— Peter Hitchens

Wise and prudent men and intelligent conservatives have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

— Varun Grover

It is one of my targets to show people that a lot of things that are part of their landscape - that people are…

— Michel Foucault

“Individuals are prey to institutions in modern mass societies... Individuals can struggle mightily against institutionalized conditions, but without changing the institutions themselves, those efforts…

— Brian Awehali

Social and cultural change, however desirable, should not be effected by the engines of national power. Let us, through persuasion and education, seek to…

— Barry Goldwater

Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes.

— Christopher Dodd