Every revolution by force only puts more violent means of enslavement into the hands of the persons in power.
—Leo Tolstoy, 1893
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
—John F. Kennedy, 1962Revolutionaries are greater sticklers for formality than conservatives.
—Italo Calvino, 1957The only justification of rebellion is success.
—Thomas B. Reed, 1878Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1776The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.
—Hannah Arendt, 1970All 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, 1977The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.
—François Guizot, 1830Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.
—James Howell, 1659