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Towards the end of the eighteenth century the industrial-financial revolution began.

Tradition itself, in times of dogmatism and dogmatic revolution, is a revolutionary force which must be safeguarded.

Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.

Trial by jury is part of that bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.

Trotskyism is not a new movement, a new doctrine, but the restoration, the revival of genuine Marxism as it was expounded and practiced in the Russian revolution and in the early days of the Communist International.

Twenty-volume folios will never make a revolution. It’s the little pocket pamphlets that are to be feared.

Universal suffrage is counter-revolution.

Until all women are lesbians, there will be no true political revolution.

Vaclav Havel is the figure that represents the Velvet Revolution and the reunification of Europe. He will be sorely missed.

Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved.

Venezuela and its revolution will endure under the proven leadership of Vice President Maduro.

Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance.

Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?

Violence, contrary to popular belief, is not part of the anarchist philosophy. It has repeatedly been pointed out by anarchist thinkers that the revolution can neither be won, nor the anarchist society established and maintained, by armed violence.

We are determined to listen to nothing from the illegal congress.

Violent revolutions usually only mean a change of personnel at the top.

Virtual representation is so absurd as to not deserve an answer. I therefore pass it over with contempt.

We are in the the very midst of a revolution, the most complete, unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of nations.

We are in the midst of a VoIP communications revolution.

We are moving people from welfare to work. On welfare, we launch a quiet revolution.

We are so placid that the smallest tremor of objection is taken as a full-scale revolution.

We are on the cusp of a marketing revolution. And it's being led by YOU.

We are not converted only once in our lives but many times and this endless series of conversions and inner revolutions leads to our transformation.

We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution

We are working for a revolution. If we do not start it by improving the life of the soldiers, all slogans of reforming and improving society are but empty words.

We have a complete respect for history, we respect the experiences of other countries and we have our own, but the truth is that if the Cuban revolution had not been a democracy it would not have survived.

We built your fort. We will not have it used against us.

We deplore the outrages which accompany revolutions. But the more violent the outrages, the more assured we feel that a revolution was necessary.

We had quitters during the Revolution too...we called them 'Kentuckians.'

We have a president who apparently loves instability and revolution, and that is the antithesis of those two words, Social Security.

We boast of our freedom, and we have your example for it. We talk the language we have always heard you speak.

We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it.

We have reached the time when it is morally right to "shoot the bastards", but it is not yet practical to do so.

Welcome to the Customer Revolution, where you are no longer in charge. Your customer is.

We led the industrial revolution, the White revolution, now its time for a cultural revolution.

We must remember, elections are short-term efforts. Revolutions are long-term projects.

Well, I am actually a daughter of the American Revolution

We must institute a coup d'etat, a third revolution, which must beat down anarchy. Dissolve the Paris Commune and destroy its sections! Dissolve the clubs, which preach disorder and equality! Close the Jacobin Club and seal up its papers! ... The triumvirate of Robespierre, Danton and Marat, all the 'levellers', all the anarchists. Then a new Convention will be elected.

We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected

We must do away with all newspapers.  A revolution cannot be accomplished with freedom of the press.

We must enter and take possession of the consciences of the children, of the consciences of the young, because they do belong, and should belong to the revolution.

We need 21st century programs. We have to change the dynamic because the world - we're not in the Industrial Revolution anymore, where you could leave high school, go work at the town factory for 50 years, and retire with a pension.

We're in the midst of an evolution, not a revolution.

We're all swimming in this digital revolution that we live in.

We're in the second golden age of television, and to me, one of the most profound things that's happening in TV is just that by default that opened the door to more women, more people of color, more outliers. It's one of the greatest side effects of the digital revolution.

We revolutionaries acknowledge the right to revolution when we see that the situation is no longer tolerable, that it has become a frozen. Then we have the right to overthrow it.

We talking about revolution because that's the era that you're caught in.

We will have to embark on a change so radical, a revolution so quiet and yet so total, that it will go far beyond the programme for a parliament.

We've reached the end of incrementalism. Only those companies that are capable of creating industry revolutions will prosper in the new economy.

We will never have Fascism in England; no Englishman will dress up, not even for a revolution.