Governments are not overthrown by the poor, who have no power, but by the rich—when they are insulted by their inferiors and cannot obtain justice.
—Dionysius of Halicarnassus, c. 20 BCQuotes
Make the revolution a parent of settlement and not a nursery of future revolutions.
—Edmund Burke, 1790Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1871The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.
—Germaine Greer, 1970The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.
—Hannah Arendt, 1970Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
—John F. Kennedy, 1962Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.
—James Howell, 1659An oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.
—Henry Clay, 1842All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.
—Albert Camus, 1951Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.
—Vladimir Lenin, 1918It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
—Dolores Ibárruri, 1936Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.
—Pierre Boulez, 1989I have been ever of the opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1844