Revolutions never go backward.

Revolutions never go backward.

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.]

Revolutionary movements attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good read more

Revolutionary movements attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them.

Revolution: in politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

Revolution: in politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once read more

Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire.

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.

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it read more

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution

Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles.

Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles.

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.