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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.
 The most seditious is the most cowardly.
 [Lat., Seditiosissimus quisque ignavus.]  
 The most seditious is the most cowardly.
 [Lat., Seditiosissimus quisque ignavus.] 
 The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry 
on!  
 The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry 
on! 
 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. 
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.
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.
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
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
Revolution is not a dinner party.
Revolution is not a dinner party.