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Revolution Quotes

Change, and the forces trying to hold it back.

This page mixes creative and political senses of revolution - a filmmaker reflecting on risky projects, and the observation that art often moves ahead of political revolution itself. See American Revolution.

It is true that Egypt's attempt at democracy after the 2011 revolution encountered many obstacles in governance and infrastructure.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

Some consider the removal of Dr. Mohammed Morsi a coup by the army against an elected president. Others treat it as the second revolution, or the continuation of the January 25, 2011, revolution.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international.

Quotes by Agnes Smedley

For months it seemed that a revolution was certain. But instead, slavery seems more likely now. The working class no longer has the physical resistance for a revolution, and the Entente is too strong, and Russia is too weak.

Quotes by Agnes Smedley

Always Quotes

We live in an era of revolution, the revolution of rising expectations.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson II

The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

Of course there are many factors that led to the Iranian revolution, but back in 1951, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company - which would later become BP - and its principal owner, the British government, conspired to destroy democracy and install...

Quotes by Adam Curtis

Tyler Kent was a horrible man. He was a rabid anti-communist who believed that the Jews had been behind the Russian Revolution.

Quotes by Adam Curtis

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

Quotes by Abbie Hoffman

American Revolution Quotes

Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.

Quotes by Abbie Hoffman

Sometimes art is ahead of revolution.

Quotes by Ziad Doueiri

We would here state that there are now three things necessary to be done in order to save China from revolution. The first is to maintain the reigning Dynasty; the second is to conserve the Holy Religion; and the third...

Quotes by Zhang Zhidong

Ukraine is a vital link for Europe: our energy transportation networks; our location between the European Union and Eurasia. We're the melting pot of Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity. The democracy we founded with the Orange Revolution has to be an...

Quotes by Yulia Tymoshenko

Zionism is a revolutionary process. And in a revolution, you must be ready not to think too much about sentiments or human weaknesses.

Quotes by Yitzhak Shamir

Great Quotes

Though I am not a chief of state, I must work twice as hard as one because I have to both administer a bureaucracy and run a revolution.

Quotes by Yasser Arafat

The golden period for all the castes, including BCs, was when Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was at the helm. An education revolution was witnessed during that period, when many students had become engineers and doctors.

Quotes by Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

As a result of the feminist revolution, 'feminine' becomes an abusive epithet.

Quotes by Wyndham Lewis

Revolution today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.

Quotes by Wyndham Lewis

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

Quotes by Woodrow Wilson

Like Quotes

The seed of revolution is repression.

Quotes by Woodrow Wilson

Frequently Asked Questions

What angle do these revolution quotes take - are they all political?
Not entirely - one quote is a general observation about art and creative movements, while the others deal with historical political rhetoric, including an American presidential-era statement and a historical Chinese political document.
Is there a quote linking art and revolution?
Yes - a short, thought-provoking one: "Sometimes art is ahead of revolution," suggesting creative work can anticipate political or social change before it happens.
What's the "not revolution but restoration" quote about?
It's a piece of historical American political rhetoric: "America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration." It's preserved here as a historical statement reflecting a particular era's mood, not a current political position.
Is there a historical quote about preventing revolution in China?
Yes - a historical document states, "We would here state that there are now three things necessary to be done in order to save China from revolution," going on to list maintaining the reigning dynasty as the first of those measures. It's kept here as a piece of historical political writing, not a modern claim.
Does every sample text here actually reference revolution directly?
Not quite - one of the source excerpts, about a filmmaker's difficult project experiences, is cut off before showing any clear connection to revolution as a theme, so it wasn't used as grounding for these FAQs; the three clearly on-topic quotes above cover the theme well. For related pages, see our American Revolution quotes or Great quotes pages.

Two entries lean historical: a famous line favoring restoration over revolution, and an old argument for preserving a dynasty and its religion to avoid one. Continue with Great or Always.