The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man, not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.
—Jean Genet, 1983
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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 BCRevolutions are always verbose.
—Leon Trotsky, 1933Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
—Wendell Phillips, 1859Revolutions never go backward.
—Thomas Skidmore, 1829Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1871Revolution begins in putting on bright colors.
—Tennessee Williams, 1944The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.
—François Guizot, 1830An oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.
—Henry Clay, 1842