"The more there are riots, the more repressive actin will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually a fascist society."
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"Well I am always interested my people's right. But I will push myself to a revolution without arms."
"For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change."
"This is the end and the beginning of an age. This is something far greater than the French Revolution or the Reformation and we live in it."
"Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution"
"It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution - real girl's talk."
"The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man... not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology."
"Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow."
"National boundaries these days are not that important because of transformative technological development. Now we are talking about the fourth industrial revolution."
"The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution."
"Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles."
"There can be only one permanent revolution- a moral one: the regeneration of the inner man."
"The day is not far off when one ordinary carrot may be pregnant with revolution."
"Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness."
"The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so."
"An artist represents an oppressed people and makes revolution irresistible."
"Socialist revolution aims at liberating the productive forces. The changeover from individual to socialist, collective ownership in agriculture and handicrafts and from capitalist to socialist ownership in private industry and commerce is bound to bring about a tremendous liberation of the productive forces. Thus, the social conditions are being created for a tremendous expansion of industrial and agricultural production."
"Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them."
"No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action."
"Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a more humane society will not emerge."