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Revolution Quotes - Page 23

If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil.

"Democracy in America". Book by Alexis de Tocqueville, Volume II. Book Three, Chapter XXI, 1840.

In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.

Alexis de Tocqueville (1896). “Recollections”, p.85, Library of Alexandria

My call is the call of battle- I nourish active rebellion;/ He going with me must go well armed.

Walt Whitman (2013). “Walt Whitman: Selected Poems 1855-1892”, p.148, St. Martin's Press

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions

Victor Hugo (2016). “Les Misérables”, p.58, My Ebook Publishing House

But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.

Tara Brach (2012). “Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame”, p.202, Random House

It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.

Simone Weil (2013). “The Notebooks of Simone Weil”, p.596, Routledge

Violent revolutions usually only mean a change of personnel at the top.

Petra Karin Kelly (1984). “Fighting for Hope”, p.31, South End Press

What's the point of a revolution without general copulation copulation copulation

Peter Weiss (1993). “Peter Weiss' The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat: As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade [a Play]”