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• It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

  Henry Ford

  Money, Morning, Believe

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• Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind; and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Keys, Justice

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.16, Graphic Arts Books

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  The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Thomas Paine (1817). “The Political Works of Thomas Paine: In Two Volumes”

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• The more there are riots, the more repressive actin will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually a fascist society.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Wings, Faces, Danger

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• There is no revolution that can change the nature of man

  Benito Mussolini

  Men, Nature Of Man

  Benito Mussolini (2012). “My Autobiography: With "The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism"”, p.141, Courier Corporation

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• Revolutions never go backward.

  William H. Seward

  Atheism, Politics, Rebellious

  At Rochester on the Irrepressible Conflict, October 1858

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• I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Presidential, Political, Storm

  Letter to James Madison, 30 Jan. 1787

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• The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

  Huey Newton

  Hands, Rebellion, Black Panther

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

  William H. Seward

  World, Backwards, Knows

  At Rochester on the Irrepressible Conflict, October 1858

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• Protest is when I say I don't like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don't like. Protest is when I say I refuse to go along with this anymore. Resistance is when I make sure everybody else stops going along too.

  Ulrike Meinhof

  Germany, Stopping, Resistance

  Ulrike Meinhof (2011). “Everybody Talks About the Weather . . . We Don't: The Writings of Ulrike Meinhof”, p.31, Seven Stories Press

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• Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!

  Karl Marx

  Country, Communication, Winning

  Karl Marx (2013). “The Communist Manifesto”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

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• A Marxist begins with his prime truth that all evils are caused by the exploitation of the proletariat by the capitalists. From this he logically proceeds to the revolution to end capitalism, then into the third stage of reorganization into a new social order of the dictatorship of the proletariat, and finally the last stage -- the political paradise of communism.

  Saul Alinsky

  Order, Evil, Political

  Saul Alinsky (2010). “Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals”, p.10, Vintage

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• The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Inspirational Life, Support, Way

  Abbie Hoffman (2009). “Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a Five-Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial”, p.188, Da Capo Press

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• The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas.

  Joseph Conrad

  Ideas, Spirit, Scruples

  Joseph Conrad (2013). “Some Reminicscences”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars

  Banksy

  War, Graffiti, Levels

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• If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.

  Mao Zedong

  Chinese Revolution, Want, Method

  1937 Address to the Anti- Japanese Military and Political College, Jul.

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• No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.

  Emma Goldman

  Real, Politics, Action

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• In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Rebellious, Invention, Ends

  Alexis de Tocqueville (1896). “Recollections”, p.85, Library of Alexandria

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• Is it the duty of every good revolutionary to kill every newborn White baby?

  Jose Angel Gutierrez

  Baby, Race, White

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• Revolutions are not made, they come.

  Wendell Phillips

  Rebellious, Made

  Wendell Phillips (1864). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters”, p.36

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• Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it.

  Heinrich Heine

  Heart, People, Literature

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• Real revolution starts with learning.

  Tim McIlrath

  Real

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• Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

  Patrick Henry

  Death, Sweet, Freedom

  Speech in Virginia Convention, Richmond, Va., 23 Mar. 1775.

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• The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come! I repeat, Sir, let it come!

  Patrick Henry

  Strong, War, Boston

  Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, delivered 23 March 1775 at Henrico Parrish Church St, Richmond Virginia, Second Virginia Convention

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• I realized that the only purpose to revolution is to be able to love who you want, how you want, when you want and where you want.

  Dan Bern

  Purpose, Want, Able

  "Song: 'True Revolutionaries'". 1999.

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