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

—Jean Genet, 1983

Revolutionaries are greater sticklers for formality than conservatives.

—Italo Calvino, 1957

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 63 BC

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

—Havelock Ellis, 1921

The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.

—François Guizot, 1830

There is a kind of revolution of so general a character that it changes the mental tastes as well as the fortunes of the world.

—La Rochefoucauld, 1665

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

—Germaine Greer, 1970

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

—Wendell Phillips, 1859

Revolutions are not about trifles, but they are produced by trifles. 

—Aristotle, c. 350 BC
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