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Revolutionary movements attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good read more
Revolutionary movements attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them.
If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it read more
If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
Revolution: in politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
Revolution: in politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs.
Like all revolutions, the surrealist revolution was a reversion, a restitution, an expression of vital and indispensable spiritual needs.
Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.
Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.
Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and read more
Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream
Many of the world's troubles are not due just to Russia or communism. They would be with us in any read more
Many of the world's troubles are not due just to Russia or communism. They would be with us in any event because we live in an era of revolution--the revolution of rising expectations.
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.