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Revolutionary movements attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good read more
Revolutionary movements attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them.
The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry
on!
The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry
on!
Revolutions are not trifles, but spring from trifles.
Revolutions are not trifles, but spring from trifles.
The more there are riots, the more repressive action will take place, and the more we face the danger of read more
The more there are riots, the more repressive action will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually a fascist society.
I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has
been stopped; but when I die it read more
I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has
been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its
course.
[Fr., Je suis le signet qui marque la page ou la revolution s'est
arretee; mais quand je serai mort, elle tournera le feuillet et
reprendra sa marche.]
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.
Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once read more
Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire.
Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and read more
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
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
