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Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1776I have been ever of the opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1844Every revolution by force only puts more violent means of enslavement into the hands of the persons in power.
—Leo Tolstoy, 1893Revolutions are not about trifles, but they are produced by trifles.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCAn oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.
—Henry Clay, 1842Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
—Wendell Phillips, 1859Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1871All revolutions devour their own children.
—Ernst Röhm, 1933