Every revolution by force only puts more violent means of enslavement into the hands of the persons in power.
—Leo Tolstoy, 1893Quotes
The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1983All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.
—Havelock Ellis, 1921Who 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 revolutions devour their own children.
—Ernst Röhm, 1933The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
—Erich Fromm, 1941I began revolution with eighty-two men. If I had to do it again, I do it with ten or fifteen and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.
—Fidel Castro, 1959
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
—John F. Kennedy, 1962