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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.
Every generation needs a new revolution.
Every generation needs a new revolution.
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.
 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.] 
 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. 
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
 The most seditious is the most cowardly.
 [Lat., Seditiosissimus quisque ignavus.]  
 The most seditious is the most cowardly.
 [Lat., Seditiosissimus quisque ignavus.] 
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
 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.