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The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
Revolution is not a dinner party.
Revolution is not a dinner party.
The most seditious is the most cowardly.
[Lat., Seditiosissimus quisque ignavus.]
The most seditious is the most cowardly.
[Lat., Seditiosissimus quisque ignavus.]
Revolutions are not trifles, but spring from trifles.
Revolutions are not trifles, but spring from trifles.
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, read more
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives
Avoid revolution or expect to get shot. Mother and I will
grieve, but we will gladly buy a dinner read more
Avoid revolution or expect to get shot. Mother and I will
grieve, but we will gladly buy a dinner for the National
Guardsman who shot you.
I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has
been stopped; but when I die it read more
I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has
been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its
course.
[Fr., Je suis le signet qui marque la page ou la revolution s'est
arretee; mais quand je serai mort, elle tournera le feuillet et
reprendra sa marche.]
Revolutions are not made; they come.
Revolutions are not made; they come.
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have
only shifted it to another shoulder.
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have
only shifted it to another shoulder.