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The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty
revolting about it.
The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty
revolting about it.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.
Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.
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.
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?]
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 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.
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less read more
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
