1,549 Quotes About Revolution

Ever Onward to Equality (The Sonnet)Someone once said,Ever onward to victory.I say to you today,Ever onward to equality.Though the objective is the same,In path lies the distinction.I'll say it plainly, to live is to grow,Including the means of revolution.Liberty is fundamental in life,But not by harming the innocent.Revolution of arms is revolution no more,What's needed is revolution in conscience.So I say, let us sacrifice all for society.Let us rise as soldiers of universal amity.

We won't let your children come to harm, nor will we strike you back in vengeance. But when you vilify the sanctity of human life, rest assured we'll restrain you without violence.

Listen, the next revolution is gonna be a revolution of ideas.

What greater flood can there be than the flood of ideas? How quickly they submerge all that they set out to destroy, how rapidly do they create terrifying depths?

Violent overthrow of the revolution is revolutionary, and compromise with the revolution is revolutionary.

The risen Christ! Once morefaith is upon us, a jubilant brief keeningwith respite:Obedience, bitter joy,the elements, clouds,winds, louvres where the bellmakes its wild mouths:Holy Rus – into the rain’shorizons, peacock-dyed tail feathers of storm,so it goes on.

I think the notion of dreaming in a time where we are told that it is foolish, futile or not useful is one of the most revolutionary things we can do. To have our lives determined by our dreams of a free world--instead of reactions to a state-imposed reality--is one of the most powerful tools of decolonization.

Nothing is certain. Many ways lead to destruction. You will be tested beyond your capacity to endure. Should you survive the trials ahead, you will be a husband without a wife, a father without a son, a hero without a quest, and a king without a country. But take heart. Some must lose the way to find it. Some must be empty before they are full, weak before they are strong, and blind before they can see.

Communism was born from a beautiful dream, the likes of which there will never be again on the face of this earth: that there would no longer be lazy men who eat their fill while others work hard and starve.