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
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Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.
—Pierre Boulez, 1989Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
—Wendell Phillips, 1859If not us, who? If not now, when?
—Czech slogan, 1989Revolutionaries are greater sticklers for formality than conservatives.
—Italo Calvino, 1957Revolutions are not about trifles, but they are produced by trifles.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCThe children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1983All revolutions devour their own children.
—Ernst Röhm, 1933The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.
—François Guizot, 1830