1.
Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
Kwame Nkrumah
Revolution is effectuated by individuals, those who ponder like doers and act like thinkers.
2.
One of the greatest benefits of the revolution is that even our prostitutes are college graduates.
Fidel Castro
The revolution has yielded a remarkable dividend wherein even courtesans possess college degrees.
3.
You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
Fred Hampton
You can suppress a revolutionary, but you cannot stifle a revolution.
4.
You don't start a revolution by fighting the state but by presenting the solutions.
Le Corbusier
'You don't kindle a revolution by antagonizing the government but by supplying the solutions.'
5.
We are not politicians. We made our revolution to get the politicians out.
Fidel Castro
We are not elected officials. We initiated our revolution to remove the politicians from power.
6.
The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.
Huey Newton
Youth are the torchbearers of transformation.
7.
You can kill a revolutionary but you can't kill revolution...you can jail a liberator but you can't jail liberation.
Fred Hampton
'You may quell a revolutionary but you can't smother revolution...you can imprison a freedom fighter but you cannot suppress liberation.'
8.
The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph.... we must not retreat.
George III
The Rubicon has been crossed; the colonies must either bow down or succeed.... we cannot back away.
9.
You can’t stop a revolution from breathin’, so to beat ‘em they offer people the illusion of freedom.
Immortal Technique
'You cannot prevent a revolution from taking root, so to contain it they give people the semblance of liberty.'
10.
A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
Fidel Castro
A revolution is a clash between the future and the old guard.
11.
The theater itself is not revolutionary: it is a rehearsal for the revolution.
Augusto Boal
'The stage is not transformative: it is a practice ground for transformation.'
12.
You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution.
Huey Newton
13.
Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide.
Phillis Wheatley
Venture ahead, noble leader, with righteousness in your heart; Let the divine being direct all of your deeds.
14.
Propaganda is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. If the means achieves the end then the means is good... the new Ministry has no other aim than to unite the nation behind the ideal of the national revolution.
Joseph Goebbels
15.
Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
Malcolm X
Only those who have undergone an internal transformation can effectively assist others.
16.
Before a revolution happens, it is perceived as impossible; after it happens, it is seen as having been inevitable.
Rosa Luxemburg
'Before an uprising transpires, it is thought of as implausible; when it has occurred, it is perceived as having been unavoidable.'
17.
By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.
Christian Dior
By exuding authenticity and veracity, one can sometimes spark transformations without deliberately attempting to do so.
18.
Our countrymen have all the folly of the ass and all the passiveness of the sheep.
Alexander Hamilton
Our compatriots possess all the foolishness of the donkey and all the docility of the lamb.
19.
Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution.
Shirley Chisholm
Females must become catalysts for change. This cannot be gradual alteration but a radical transformation.
20.
The rôle of the artist is that of a soldier of the revolution.
Diego Rivera
The part of the artist is that of a crusader for the uprising.
21.
The big problem is that people don't believe a revolution is possible, and it is not possible precisely because they do not believe it is possible.
Theodore Kaczynski
'The major impediment to progress is the lack of faith in the potential for transformation, which only serves to further entrench its impossibility.'
22.
The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
Theodore Kaczynski
The advent of industrialization and its results have been an abomination for humanity.
23.
The first revolution is when you change your mind
Gil Scott-Heron
The initial transformation is when you alter your outlook.
24.
My principles are only those that, before the French Revolution, every well-born person considered sane and normal.
Julius Evola
My beliefs are only those that, prior to the French Revolution, were regarded as rational and acceptable by the upper classes.
25.
You must not deprive the colonies of their right to make laws for themselves. Parliament should only make laws necessary for the empire as a whole.
Thomas Hutchinson
Do not infringe upon the colonies' autonomy to legislate for themselves; Parliament should only pass laws essential for the entire realm.
26.
If you do not condemn colonialism, if you do not side with the colonial people, what kind of revolution are you waging?
Ho Chi Minh
If you do not oppose imperialism, if you are not supporting the colonized population, what sort of revolution are you fighting for?
27.
Colonial atrocities have prepared the soil; it is for socialists to sow the seeds of revolution.
Ho Chi Minh
Colonial injustices have laid the groundwork; it is now up to leftists to propagate the germination of revolution.
28.
I was a radical, a revolutionist. I am still a revolutionist…I am glad I was in the Stonewall riot. I remember when someone threw a Molotov cocktail, I thought, “My god, the revolution is here. The revolution is finally here!
Sylvia Rivera
29.
The hopeless don't revolt, because revolution is an act of hope.
Peter Kropotkin
The desperate don't rebel, since rebellion is an indication of expectation.
30.
The duty of every revolutionary is to make revolution
Fidel Castro
The obligation of every insurgent is to instigate revolt.
31.
You don't have a revolution in which you love your enemy, and you don't have a revolution in which you are begging the system of exploitation to integrate you into it. Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
Malcolm X
32.
We have a theoretical concept of the Revolution which is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
Fidel Castro
33.
All the parties of capitalist society, all its moralists and all its sycophants will perish beneath the debris of the impending catastrophe. The only party that will survive is the party of the world socialist revolution.
Leon Trotsky
35.
It cannot be good to tax the Americans... You will lose more than you gain.
Thomas Hutchinson
36.
The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry on!
Sun Yat-sen
39.
In the course of history periods of capitalism and socialism alternate with one another; capitalism is the unnatural, socialism the natural economic system... The National Socialists and the Red Front have the same aspirations. The Jews falsified the Revolution in the form of Marxism and that failed to bring fulfilment.
Heinrich Himmler
40.
My God! This is a revolution! We have to offend someone!
John Adams
41.
Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
Miles Davis
42.
It is essential to our interest and the security of our colonies that the several nations or tribes of Indians... who live under our protection, should not be molested or disturbed.
George III
44.
...every successful quality revolution has included the participation of upper management. We know of no exceptions.
Joseph M. Juran
46.
I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.
Yayoi Kusama
47.
Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature. In a society accustomed to dominating or 'improving' nature, this respectful imitation is a radically new approach, a revolution really. Unlike the Industrial Revolution, the Biomimicry Revolution introduces an era based not on what we can extract from nature, but on what we can learn from her.
Janine Benyus
48.
Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.
A. Philip Randolph
49.
Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.
Franz Kafka