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Every revolution by force only puts more violent means of enslavement into the hands of the persons in power.

—Leo Tolstoy, 1893

And then, sir, there is this consideration: that if the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up and, claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.

—Samuel Johnson, 1791

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.

—Albert Camus, 1951

All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door. The violence of revolutions is the violence of men who charge into a vacuum.

—John Kenneth Galbraith, 1977

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

—Aristotle, c. 350 BC

Rebellion is no less a sin than divination.

—Book of Samuel, c. 550 BC

No one makes a revolution by himself, and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes without quite knowing how, because it is everybody who takes them in hand.

—George Sand, 1851

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

—John F. Kennedy, 1962

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

—Dolores Ibárruri, 1936
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