All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.
—Albert Camus, 1951
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I never practice, I always play.
—Wanda Landowska, 1953The fact is certain because it is impossible.
—Tertullian, c. 200Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.
—Sarah Bernhardt, 1904The Mughal’s nature is such that they demand miracles, but if a miracle were to be performed by some upright follower of our religion, they would say that it had been brought about by magic and sorcery. They would strike him down with spears or would stone him to death.
—Fr. Antonio Monserrate, 1590The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
—Carl Sandburg, 1934They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.
—Martin Luther, c. 1530It is very foolish to attack one’s enemy openly if one can injure him in secret.
—Giambattista Giraldi, 1543The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.
—Hannah Arendt, 1970All men recognize the right of revolution, that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1849Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1755When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
—Eugene V. Debs, 1918The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
—Henry Fielding, 1730