Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.
—Vladimir Lenin, 1918Quotes
Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.
—James Howell, 1659Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1776The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1983Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
—John F. Kennedy, 1962Revolutions are not about trifles, but they are produced by trifles.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCRevolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.
—Pierre Boulez, 1989This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
—Abraham Lincoln, 1861It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
—Dolores Ibárruri, 1936