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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.
The most seditious is the most cowardly.
[Lat., Seditiosissimus quisque ignavus.]
The most seditious is the most cowardly.
[Lat., Seditiosissimus quisque ignavus.]
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 first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
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.
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less read more
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
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.
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.
