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Revolutions are not about trifles, but they are produced by trifles.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCThe 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, 1842Revolutions never go backward.
—Thomas Skidmore, 1829The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1983Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.
—James Howell, 1659All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.
—Havelock Ellis, 1921All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.
—Albert Camus, 1951