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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.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
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.
Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles.
Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles.
Revolutions never go backward.
Revolutions never go backward.
Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.
Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.
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!
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 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.
