1,549 Quotes About Revolution

I sought a world where peasants and kings were as brothers. But what new world was ever made without the sword?

So, you men!And women!You Sheikhs, Rabbis, Cardinals!You, nurses, and girls in factories -How long must you awaitThe postman with those lettersYou so anticipate,Across the dead, dry barriers?And you, you men!And you, women!Don't wait still more, don't wait!Now, off with your sleep clothesAnd to yourself composeThose letters you so anticipate!

The first revolutionary act is to repent.

We must practice revolutionary democracy in every aspect of our Party life. Every responsible member must have the courage of his responsibilities, exacting from others a proper respect for his work and properly respecting the work of others. Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories...

Di dalam dunia di mana dusta merajalela, menulis cerita-cerita cabul adalah sebuah tindakan revolusioner!

W miejsce dżumy, co zalać miała cały świat, a oczyściła tylko plac pod naszą budowlę, wzniecimy wielką zarazę idei, która morzem oczyszczającego ognia rozleje się po starym kontynencie, drwiąc z armij, kordonów i granic.

In every period of transition this riff-raff, which exists in every society, rises to the surface, and is not only without any aim but has not even a symptom of an idea, and merely does its utmost to give expression to uneasiness and impatience. Moreover, this riff-raff almost always falls unconsciously under the control of the little group of “advanced people” who do act with a definite aim,

What good? None, possibility. One does not await a revolution as one awaits the grocer's van, expecting to be handed packets of sugar and tapioca.

The worst of it is, that as a revolutionary she is out of fashion. Before, she was an inspiration. But inspiration is not wanted now, it seems. One must be practical, one must be administrative, one must understand economics and systems. She pines. She said to me, that very evening, 'Our Moses was luckier than he knew, to die before he went into the promised land.