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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
 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?] 
Revolution is not a dinner party.
Revolution is not a dinner party.
Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing read more
Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and force a new one that suits them better.
I have not yet begun to fight.
I have not yet begun to fight.
 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. 
 Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for 
established institutions as well as those who are too read more 
 Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for 
established institutions as well as those who are too good for 
them. 
Make revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.
Make revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.
 The most seditious is the most cowardly.
 [Lat., Seditiosissimus quisque ignavus.]  
 The most seditious is the most cowardly.
 [Lat., Seditiosissimus quisque ignavus.]