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    Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream

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O God! that one might read the book of fate,
And see the revolution of the times
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O God! that one might read the book of fate,
And see the revolution of the times
Make mountains level. and the continent,
Weary of solid firmness, melt itself
Into the sea!

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Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.

Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.

by Italo Calvino Found in: Revolution Quotes,
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Many of the world's troubles are not due just to Russia or communism. They would be with us in any read more

Many of the world's troubles are not due just to Russia or communism. They would be with us in any event because we live in an era of revolution--the revolution of rising expectations.

by Adlai E. Stevenson Found in: Revolution Quotes,
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I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go
backwards.

I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go
backwards.

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Avoid revolution or expect to get shot. Mother and I will
grieve, but we will gladly buy a dinner read more

Avoid revolution or expect to get shot. Mother and I will
grieve, but we will gladly buy a dinner for the National
Guardsman who shot you.

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Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand,
by dividing we fall.

Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand,
by dividing we fall.

by John Dickinson Found in: Revolution Quotes,
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Revolutions are not made; they come.

Revolutions are not made; they come.

by Wendell Phillips Found in: Revolution Quotes,
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It is not a revolt, it is a revolution.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.]

It is not a revolt, it is a revolution.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.]

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Revolutions never go backward.

Revolutions never go backward.

by Wendell Phillips Found in: Revolution Quotes,
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