logo

Quotes About Revolution

Democracy represents the dictatorship of the exploiting classes.
~ Che Guevera
When people hate their government , it is easy to take it down
~ Che Guevera
This is a revolution not a coup . It is either unconditional surrender or we will take down the garrison
~ Che Guevera
In a real revolution one either lives or dies .
~ Che Guevera
I've heard it said that God made all men, but Samuel Colt made all men equal. We'd see what Mr. Colt could do for a woman.
~ Cherie Priest
Last century's magic is this year's science.
~ Cherie Priest
If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.
~ Johnny Carson, unverified
We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution.
~ John F. Kennedy, 1961
Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Fourth of July — it was good enough for George Washington, it's good enough for me.
~ W. C. Fields, 1933
The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.
~ H. Rap Brown
An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution.
~ H. Rap Brown
Warner Studios official in the era of silent movies: Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?
~ H.W. Brands
Growth is impossible if we continue to do things the same way
~ H.W. Mann
The true revolution can only occur within the heart.
~ Héctor Germán Oesterheld
Today I am the President of the Republic, but I will be the first to join the Maquis.
~ Habib Bourguiba
At the moment of a revolution there is no question of setting up a democracy like that in America. If they accuse me of dictatorship, I accept. I am creating a nation. Liberty must be suppressed until the end of the war in Algeriauntil the nation becomes homogeneous.
~ Habib Bourguiba
Die Revolution wirkte auf mich und meine Altersgenossen gerade umgekehrt wie der Krieg: der Krieg hatte unser wirkliches Leben bis zur Langweiligkeit unverändert gelassen, dafür aber unsere Phantasie reichen und unerschöpflichen Stoff gegeben. Die Revolution brachte viel Neues in die tägliche Wirklichkeit, und das Neue war bunt und aufregend genug, aber sie ließ die Phantasie unbeschädigt.
~ Haffner, Sebastian (1907-1999)
Don't just survive while waiting for someone's revolution to clear your head.
~ Hakim Bey
But I will never believe That I belong to the side with the guillotine. (You should eat the rich Even if that includes me.)
~ Halsey
Revolutionaries do not make revolutions! The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and when they can pick it up.
~ Hannah Arendt
Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.
~ Hannah Arendt
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
~ Hannah Arendt
And the distinction between violent and non-violent action is that the former is exclusively bent upon the destruction of the old, and the latter is chiefly concerned with the establishment of something new.
~ Hannah Arendt