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You can never have a revolution in order to establish a
democracy. You must have a democracy in order read more
You can never have a revolution in order to establish a
democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a
revolution.
I have not yet begun to fight.
I have not yet begun to fight.
It is not a revolt, it is a revolution.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.]
It is not a revolt, it is a revolution.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.]
Thus our democracy was from an early period the most
aristocratic, and our aristocracy the most democratic.
Thus our democracy was from an early period the most
aristocratic, and our aristocracy the most democratic.
And wrinkles, the d--d democrats, won't flatter.
And wrinkles, the d--d democrats, won't flatter.
A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of
power.
A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of
power.
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the
people are right more than half of the read more
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the
people are right more than half of the time.
Democ'acy gives every man
A right to be his own oppressor.
Democ'acy gives every man
A right to be his own oppressor.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.