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Revolutions never go backward.
Revolutions never go backward.
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
If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it read more
If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution
The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry
on!
The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry
on!
A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of
power.
A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of
power.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
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.
Make revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.
Make revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.
Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for
established institutions as well as those who are too read more
Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for
established institutions as well as those who are too good for
them.