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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.
Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.
Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go
backwards.
I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go
backwards.
Do you think then that revolutions are made with rose water?
[Fr., Voulez-vous donc qu'on vous fasse des revolutions read more
Do you think then that revolutions are made with rose water?
[Fr., Voulez-vous donc qu'on vous fasse des revolutions a
l'eau-rose?]
The more there are riots, the more repressive action will take place, and the more we face the danger of read more
The more there are riots, the more repressive action will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually a fascist society.
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.]
O God! that one might read the book of fate,
And see the revolution of the times
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O God! that one might read the book of fate,
And see the revolution of the times
Make mountains level. and the continent,
Weary of solid firmness, melt itself
Into the sea!
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
