1,549 Quotes About Revolution

When leaders betray their people and the people don't overthrow them, it's not just the leaders who should be blamed.

One did not love revolution. One embraced it with horror for the sake of the deliverance to follow.

—Écoutez, Coban, c'est terminé.—C'est commencé...

WILLST DU SIE JETZT VERBRENNEN, DEINE ZORNIGE JUGEND?

At the side of Enjolras, who represented the logic of revolution, was Combeferre, representing its philosophy. The difference between logic and philosophy is that one can decide upon war, whereas the other can only be fulfilled by peace.

Were revolutions ever really that we thought them to be?

We don't need unity in theory, we need solidarity in practice.

In fact they were looking for weapons eager to find something they could justify the millions of dollars and massive deployment of personnel, the collection of stun-guns, tear-gas guns, pepper-spray guns, M16’s, horses, clubs, and armored personnel carriers with which they intended to protect the city from our hordes of puppet carriers and potentially illegal gardeners

Were revolutions ever really what we thought them to be?