Quotes
Quotes about Revolution
Do you think then that revolutions are made with rose water? [Fr., Voulez-vous donc qu'on vous fasse des revolutions a l'eau-rose?]
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
It is not a revolt, it is a revolution. [Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.]
I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its course. [Fr., Je suis le signet qui marque la page ou la revolution s'est arretee; mais quand je serai mort, elle tournera le feuillet et reprendra sa marche.]
Revolutions never go backward.
Revolutions are not made; they come.
I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards.
O God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level. and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea!
Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them.
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.
Avoid revolution or expect to get shot. Mother and I will grieve, but we will gladly buy a dinner for the National Guardsman who shot you.
The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry on!
Revolution is not a dinner party.
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.
We have a lot of people revolutionizing the world because they've never had to present a working model.
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
Revolution: in politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
Many of the world's troubles are not due just to Russia or communism. They would be with us in any event because we live in an era of revolution--the revolution of rising expectations.
Revolutionary movements attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them.
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.
Revolutions are not trifles, but spring from trifles.
Make revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.
We must think of human progress, not as of something going on in the race in general, but as something going on in a small minority, perpetually beleaguered in a few walled towns. Now and then the horde of barbarians outside breaks through, and we have an armed effort to halt the process. That is, we have a Reformation, a French Revolution, a war for democracy, a Great Awakening. The minority is decimated and driven to cover. But a few survive- and a few are enough to carry on.
The influence of a beautiful, helpful character is contagious, and may revolutionize a whole town.
