#evolutions

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State. ↗

— Albert Camus

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No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#always #been #civilization #culture #doubt

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#ever #i #opinion #revolutions

Do you think Revolutions are made with rose water? ↗

— Francis Bond Head

#revolutions #rose #think #water #you

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#around #cause #change #ground #other

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#done #fashions #harm #more #revolutions

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#been #called #handled #human #human race

And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what they all look for is some kind of a mechanism to go from an authoritarian system to an open, democratic system. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#democratic #democratic system #different #go #i

Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous. ↗

— Pierre Boulez

#dangerous #longer #revolutions

It's a radical time for musicians, a really revolutionary time, and I believe revolutions like Napster are a lot more fun than cash, which by the way we don't have at major labels anyway, so we might as well get with it and get in the game. ↗

— Courtney Love

#believe #cash #fun #game #get