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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
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
Revolutions never go backward.
Revolutions never go backward.
Revolutions are not trifles, but spring from trifles.
Revolutions are not trifles, but spring from trifles.
Avoid revolution or expect to get shot. Mother and I will
grieve, but we will gladly buy a dinner read more
Avoid revolution or expect to get shot. Mother and I will
grieve, but we will gladly buy a dinner for the National
Guardsman who shot you.
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.
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
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.
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.
