"Rhetoric never won a revolution yet."
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"Revolutions are the locomotives of history."
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"I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society."
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"True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion."
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"Revolution begins with the self, in the self."
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"When we live the love of the Gospel out loud, a revolution will occur."
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"When dictatorship is a fact, revolution is a duty!"
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"The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation."
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"Zippers are primal and modern at the very same time. On the one hand, your zipper is primitive and reptilian, on the other, mechanical and slick. A zipper is where the Industrial Revolution meets the Cobra Cult."
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"Every provisional political set-up following a revolution requires a dictatorship, and an energetic dictatorship at that."
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"The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness."
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"A medical revolution has extended the life of our elder citizens without providing the dignity and security those later years deserve."
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"I believe the lasting revolution comes from deep changes in ourselves which influence our collective life."
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"The only Revolution that can really change the world is the one in your own consciousness, and mine has already begun."
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"We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution"
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"The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas."
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"Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives."
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"In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat."
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"The real revolution is the revolution of values"
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"For a revolution is not just a question of pulling a trigger; its purpose is to create a fair just society"
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