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Quotes About Revolution

Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius.
~ Sri Aurobindo
U regijama koje su držali boljševici bila je to klasna borba protiv onih ispred, buržoazije, društveno stranih elemenata, lov na militante svih neboljševi?kih partija, represija nad radni?kim štrajkovima, pobune nesigurnih jedinica Crvene armije, selja?ki ustanci. U zonama koje su držali Bijeli, lov na osumnji?ene elemente mogu?ih simpatizera židovskih boljševika.
~ Stéphane Courtois
La cuestión de saber a quién pertenecerá el poder en el país, esto es si la burguesía debe vivir o perecer, no se resolverá por lo que dicten los artículos de la constitución sino recurriendo a todas las formas de violencia»
~ Stéphane Courtois
Prema iskustvu gradjanskog rata protiv Kozaka neophodno je odobriti kao jedinu politi?ki korektnu mjeru, nemilosrdnu borbu, masovni teror protiv bogatih Kozaka, koje bi trebalo istrijebiti i fizi?ki likvidirati do posljednje - tajna rezolucija Centralnog komiteta Boljševi?ke partije od 24.01.1919.
~ Stéphane Courtois
Prema Landeru, pitanje Crvenog terora bilo je riješeno za jedan dan. ?ekisti Piatigorska odlu?iše pogubiti 300 osoba za jedan dan. Oni su definisali kvote za grad i za svaku okolnu varoš, i naredili orgaizacijama Partije da sro?e liste za egzekucije. U Kislovodsku, u nedostatku drugih ideja, boljševici su odlu?ili ubiti ljude koji su bili u bolnici.
~ Stéphane Courtois
Dr. Armstrong handed Boss Baby a root-beer float to toast his success. Boss Baby took the drink and raised it. In a weak voice he said, "To no more parents!" "Cheers to the revolution!" Dr. Armstrong raised his own float and the two of them clinked glasses.
~ Stacia Deutsch
He suddenly understood the message of so many spiritual teachers that the only revolution that can work is the inner transformation of every human being.
~ Stanislav Grof
I believe the principles of structural revolution are the same," Lou Gerstner pointed out in the middle of his positive transformation of IBM. "First, it takes personal commitment on the part of the CEO. This is not a job you can delegate. Second, it takes a willingness to confront and expel the people and the organizations that are throwing up roadblocks to the changes you consider critical.
~ Stanley Bing
Control the manner in which a man interprets his world, and you have gone a long way toward controlling his behavior. That is why ideology, an attempt to interpret the condition of man, is always a prominent feature of revolutions, wars, and other circumstances in which individuals are called upon to perform extraordinary action.
~ Stanley Milgram
La máquina de 1792, la guillotina, inventada para suprimir toda resistncia contra el Estado, es una herramienta torpe comparada con la maquinaria policíaca, combinada y refinada por la superioridad espiritual del José Fouché de 1799.
~ Stefan Zweig
Not one of the European rulers would put himself about in the attempt to save Marie Antoinette, so that Mercy scornfully declared: "They would not have tried to save her even if they had with their own eyes seen her mounting the steps to the guillotine.
~ Stefan Zweig
Este es uno de los secretos de casi todas las revoluciones y el destino trágico de sus caudillos: sin tener sed de sangre, verse obligados a derramarla.
~ Stefan Zweig
Robespierre) SaÄŸduyu ve erdeme a??r? baÄŸnazl?kla baÄŸl? bir kiÅŸi olarak, kar??s?ndakilerin anlaÅŸmak ve boyun eÄŸmek için yapt?klar? bütün baÅŸvurmalar? geri çevirir. Hatta politikan?n anlaÅŸmaya zorlad??? durumlarda bile onun sert kinciliÄŸi ve kat? gururu buna engel olur.
~ Stefan Zweig
Robespierre) Bütün gücü kat?l???ndan geliyor. Her ÅŸeyde dediÄŸim dedik davranmak, hayat?n?n bütün anlam? ve biçimi oldu. Ancak böylelikle ihtilale kendi benliÄŸinin damgas?n? vurabilir ya da parçalanabilirdi. Böyle bir insan hiçbir itiraza, düÅŸüncelerde bir baÅŸka görüÅŸe katlanamaz.
~ Stefan Zweig
Robespierre) EÄŸilip bükülürlüÄŸe, dirençsizliÄŸe, baÅŸar? için yaltaklanmalara kar?? beslediÄŸi kinin bütün kat?l???yla, dine baÄŸl? olanlar?n kutsall??a deÄŸer vermeyenlere kar?? duyduÄŸu güvensizlikle küçümsüyor Fouché'yi.
~ Stefan Zweig
Une révolution, il le sait, dans son expérience précoce, n'appartient jamais au premier qui la déclenche, mais toujours au dernier qui la termine, et qui la tire à lui, – comme un butin.
~ Stefan Zweig
Zavall? galipler olarak Tallien ve Barras, kendilerinden önceki ihtilal büyüklerine, Danton ve Robespierre'e katillerin cesetleri diye söverek, saÄŸ yandaki s?ralara, Cumhuriyetin gizli düÅŸmanlar? olan ?l?ml? politikac?lar?n yan?na korka korka oturduklar? an, yaln?zca tarihe ve ihtilal ruhuna deÄŸil, kendi kendilerine de ihanet etmiÅŸ oluyorlar.
~ Stefan Zweig
VITA MUTARI - the literal translation from Latin to English is "Life Transformation." That is the closest thing I could think of the feeling of labor/birth... what you are feeling isn't pain, it's life transformation. Is it dramatic? You bet! I think it should be!
~ Stephanie Soderblom
Transformation means nothing of the old should remain; something absolutely new should happen.
~ Jaggi Vasudev
In times of disorder and stress, the fanatics play a prominent role; in times of peace, the critics. Both are shot after the revolution.
~ Edmund Wilson
Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.
~ Khalil Gibran
In the human mind, one-sidedness has always been the rule, and many-sidedness the exception. Hence, even in revolutions of opinion, one part of the truth usually sets while another rises.
~ John Stuart Mill
All great truths begin as blasphemy. Every single revolutionary idea that has ever been visited upon the human experience began as an idea which was rejected.
~ Neale Donald Walsch
When an old truth ceases to be applicable, it does not become any truer by being stood on its head.
~ Hannah Arendt, On Revolution