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In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake.

In science, each new point of view calls forth a revolution in nomenclature.

Insurrection, never so necessary, is a most sad necessity; and governors who wait for that to instruct them are surely getting into the fatalest course.

In the biotech revolution, it is the human body, not iron or steel or plastic, that's at the source. Are the biocapitalists going to be allowed to dig without consent into our genetic codes, then market them?

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.

In the human mind, one-sidedness has always been the rule, and many-sidedness the exception. Hence, even in revolutions of opinion, one part of the truth usually sets while another rises.

In the history and literature courses I took, epistemological questions came to interest me most. What makes one explanation of the French Revolution better than another? What makes one interpretation of "Waiting for Godot" better than another? These questions led me to philosophy and then to philosophy of science.

In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade has passed them by.

In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat.

In virtually every Western society in the 1960s there was a moral revolution, an abandonment of its entire traditional ethic of self-restraint.

In your dread of dictators you established a state of society in which every ward boss is a dictator, every private employer a dictator, every financier a dictator, all with the livelihood of the workers at his mercy, and no public responsibility.

I once dreamed of launching revolutions, sparking movements, mobilizing the masses, and changing everything. Now I’ve learned the beauty and profound significance of simply loving my neighbor.

I remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town.

I promote revolution against the Capitalists and the Social Marxists.

I pursue through my research on speed and on my study of the organisation of the revolution of the means of transportation.

I remain faithful to the ideals of Imam Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution of 1357.

I shall easily show that it is impossible to tax further, ruinous to be always borrowing and not enough to confine ourselves to measures of economy.

I see only adaptations - not revolutions.

I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution.

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

Issue the orders, sir, and I will storm hell!

I spend most of my time assuming the world is not ready for the technology revolution that will be happening to them soon.

It can never be too often repeated, that the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are honest, and ourselves united.

It cannot be good to tax the Americans... You will lose more than you gain.

It always feels great to be at the start of something new. It's almost like a revolution, in a way.

I think it's like the '60s - we're going to see another revolution in film where these new filmmakers stand up and take ownership of what film is and mould it into what they want.

I think revolution happens when you distrust anything in its current state, including yourself.

I think when you look back at the different eras in jazz, what leads from one to another is never a melodic revolution, but a rhythmic revolution.

I think that revolution means change. And if somebody feels like there's nothing wrong, everything's great even when it ain't, why would they ask for a revolution? Just stick the tubes into me and just pump away.

I think we're ripe for social revolution now. There is the necessary yearning, and the necessary, or at least incipient, outrage. And there is an inchoate knowing that all is not right.

It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution.

It is also false that the revolution ripens and comes to development only in the national soil.

It is a know fact that almost all revolutions have been the work, not of the common people, but of the aristocracy, and especially of the decayed part of the aristocracy.

It is a revolution that came to power with its own army and on the ruins of the army of oppression.

It is a revolution, and it can no more be checked by human effort... than a prarie fire by a gardener's watering pot.

It is the quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws; but to break up both, and make new ones.

It is characteristic of all movements and crusades that the psychopathic element rises to the top.

It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.

It is not just a simple game, it is a weapon of the revolution.

It is only the religious mind that is a truly revolutionary mind.

It is the same with revolution; so long as the proper spirit is spreading amongst our young men, we are satisfied that it spreads without bombast or parade.

It is more pleasant and useful to go through the 'experience of the revolution' than to write about it.

It is possible to think that the Internet will be a net positive for society while admitting that there are significant downsides - after all, it's not a revolution if nobody loses.

It is therefore not true that the mere existence of the Soviet Union is capable of assuring the victory of the revolution in other countries.

It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity. It is time to separate unchangeable morals from local manners.

I titled my book "Revolution." And that is exactly what it is. France is experiencing a time of transformation - in education, on the labor market and in the pensions system. We're talking about a cultural revolution.

It's extraordinary that revolutions taking place around the world were sparked by communication on the Internet.

It's always a revolution, you know, when things occur of which you have never happened to hear!

It's no secret that in Venezuela there is no division of powers and that many functionaries have put on blinders when looking at irregularities because they benefit from the revolution and its corruption.

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.