#revolutions

Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death over governments." [On Water] ↗

— Guy de Maupassant

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All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts. ↗

— Vinoba Bhave

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Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water? ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

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

— Albert Camus

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But the revolutions and changes which are responsible for the present state of the earth are not limited to the upsetting of the ancient strata and to the ebbing of the sea after the formations of new layers. ↗

— Georges Cuvier

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Secondly, the nature of the revolutions which have altered the surface of the earth must have had a more decisive effect on the terrestrial quadrupeds than on the marine animals. ↗

— Georges Cuvier

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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

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Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger revolutions. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

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I see only adaptations - not revolutions. ↗

— Gordon Getty

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