216 quotes found
“While a battle still entirely political was preparing in this same place which had already seen so many revolutionary events, while the youth, the secret associations, the schools in the name of pr...”
“Every man must be a part of a progressive revolution at least once in his lifetime! This will leave him great honour and great memories for the future.”
“The French Revolution, which is nothing more nor less than the ideal armed with the sword, rose abruptly, and by that very movement, closed the door of evil and opened the door of good.It released ...”
“A kind of wonder takes Chaucer over as he pants up Fleet Street and past the walled orchards and gardens of this lovely riverside suburb for princes of kingdom and Church.This isn't mob action, not...”
“When the corruption seems to go all the way to the end of the world, the only good approach is through the front door with a gun in each hand.”
“It was not yet known how the Revolution would develop. But Upton supposed that the arguments of the philosophical anarchists were most convincing: society would fragmentise into independent, self-g...”
“History respects revolutions; and yet, if a revolution is progressive, support it; if it is reactionary, resist it!”
“If you are asking me what the individual can do right now, in a political sense, I'd have to say he can't do all that much. Speaking for myself, I am more concerned with the transformation of the i...”
“No turtle can be a revolutionist, because revolution requires high speed!”
“Even in the middle of barking dogs, you can hear the footsteps of a big revolution!”
“This Revolution is genuine because it was born from the same womb that always gives birth to massive social upheavals - the womb of intolerable conditions and unendurable situations.”
“Ok I'm not so smart I'm working class. But it's the working class that keeps the world running and it's the working class that get exploited. What kind revolution is it that just throws out big wor...”
“Revolution is an awakening, so is the spring! Spring is an awakening, so is the revolution!”
“Each of you must decide where you stand. All we ask is that you refuse to kneel. You are the people. You have the power. Open your eyes. Open your minds. Then close the fingers on your hand.”
“The emancipation of the working class can only be achieved by the working class itself without the assistance of governments.”
“And is it not sects, bodies of definite, uncompromising principles, that lead us into revolutions?”
“We can fight fire with water provided we can get it there soon enough. But often we act when it's too late. The result is splattered in the pages of our history: bloodbaths, uprisings, revolutions,...”
“Adam Smith's huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution.”
“I'm hopeful that commercial space exploration will takeoff. To really fuel the spaceflight revolution will require an investment of hundreds of billions of dollars a year, and I think that's only g...”
“My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.”
