revolution quotes

“Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite! ”

— Karl Marx

“Revolutions are the locomotives of history.”

— Karl Marx

“De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.”

— Aldous Huxley

“Fashions have done more harm than revolutions. ”

— Victor Hugo

“The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.”

— Victor Hugo

“When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right”

— Victor Hugo

“Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.”

— Franz Kafka

“The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements that declare all former things worthless are in the right, for nothing has yet happened.”

— Franz Kafka

“A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind. ”

— Daisaku Ikeda

“A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories. ”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.”

— Maya Angelou

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.”

— Abraham Maslow

“We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy.”

— Henry Miller

“All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions.”

— John Stuart Mill

“Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where I'm very optimistic.”

— Ron Paul

“My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution.”

— Mitt Romney

“Internet TV and the move to the digital approach is quite revolutionary. TV has historically has been a broadcast medium with everybody picking from a very finite number of channels.”

— Bill Gates

“The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way.”

— Milton Friedman

“Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.”

— Bertrand Russell

“You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.”

— Joseph Stalin

“The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.”

— Edmund Burke

“Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.”

— Ambrose Bierce

“In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

revolution quotes

“The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.”

“The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs.”

“Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite! ”

“Revolutions are the locomotives of history.”

“De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.”

“Fashions have done more harm than revolutions. ”

“The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.”

“When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right”

“Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.”

“The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements that declare all former things worthless are in the right, for nothing has yet happened.”

“A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind. ”

“A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories. ”

“A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.”

“The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.”

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

“Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.”

“We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy.”

“All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions.”

“Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where I'm very optimistic.”

“My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution.”

“Internet TV and the move to the digital approach is quite revolutionary. TV has historically has been a broadcast medium with everybody picking from a very finite number of channels.”

“The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way.”

“Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.”

“You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.”

“The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.”

“Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.”

“In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.”