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Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.

—James Howell, 1659

The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.

—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1983

Revolutions are always verbose.

—Leon Trotsky, 1933

If there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged.

—Thomas Paine, 1778

If not us, who? If not now, when?

—Czech slogan, 1989

Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous. 

—Pierre Boulez, 1989

The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man, not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.

—Jean Genet, 1983

To escape its wretched lot, the populace has three ways, two imaginary and one real. The first two are the rum shop and the church; the third is the social revolution.

—Mikhail Bakunin, 1871

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

—Benjamin Franklin, 1776
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