Enemy Quote by William Godwin

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

“We must realistically accept that revolution is a social war, not because we like war, but because we recognize that the status quo is…

— Peter Gelderloos

I am a person always full of contradictions... It was hard to choose whether to devote myself to revolution as a soldier or as…

— Ba Jin

You don't have a revolution in which you love your enemy, and you don't have a revolution in which you are begging the system…

— Malcolm X

I've been in revolt for years against ignominy, against injustice, against inequality, against immorality, against the exploitation of human beings.

— Hugo Chavez

Few revolutions succeed, and when they do, you often discover they did not gain what you hoped for, and you condemn yourself to perpetual…

— Francesco Guicciardini

Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we…

— Petrarch

I am, by instinct, wary of revolutions. The gathering of the masses fills me with trepidation.

— Hisham Matar

“There are people that are convinced of the wickedness both of armies and of police forces, but who are nevertheless much more intolerant and…

— George Orwell

However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the noblest of…

— Mahatma Gandhi

All revolutions are violent revolutions.

— Paul Watson

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does…

— Napoleon Bonaparte