Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
—Wendell Phillips, 1859Quotes
I 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
I have been ever of the opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1844The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1983Revolutionaries are greater sticklers for formality than conservatives.
—Italo Calvino, 1957Revolution begins in putting on bright colors.
—Tennessee Williams, 1944To 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, 1871Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
—John F. Kennedy, 1962To cast aside obedience, and by popular violence to incite revolt, is treason, not against man only, but against God.
—Pope Leo XIII, 1885