The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.
—Che Guevara, 1968Quotes
I work for a government I despise for ends I think criminal.
—John Maynard Keynes, 1917To be turned from one’s course by men’s opinions, by blame, and by misrepresentation shows a man unfit to hold office.
—Quintus Fabius Maximus, c. 203 BCI say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
—H. Rap Brown, 1967What experience and history teach is this—that nations and governments have never learned anything from history or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1830I’m president of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli!
—George H. W. Bush, 1990There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
—Anthony Trollope, 1862No human life, not even the life of a hermit, is possible without a world which directly or indirectly testifies to the presence of other human beings.
—Hannah Arendt, 1958The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honor or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1774The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing.
—Herodotus, c. 425 BCTreaties, you see, are like girls and roses: they last while they last.
—Charles de Gaulle, 1963Written laws are like spiderwebs: they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.
—Anacharsis, c. 550 BCThe tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1787