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John Adams Founding Father, Politician
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"Objects of the most stupendous magnitude, and measure in which the lives and liberties of millions yet unborn are intimately interested, are now before us. We are in the very midst of a revolution the most complete, unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of nations."

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Jean Baudrillard Philosopher, Sociologist
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"The cities of the world are concentric, isomorphic, synchronic. Only one exists and you are always in the same one. It's the effect of their permanent revolution, their intense circulation, their instantaneous magnetism."

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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer
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"The French Revolution gave birth to no artists but only to a great journalist, Desmoulins, and to an under-the-counter writer, Sade. The only poet of the times was the guillotine."

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Winston Churchill Politician, Writer, Historian
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"There is no need to exaggerate the part played in the creation of the Bolshevism and in the actual bringing about of the Russian Revolution, by these international and for the most part atheistical Jews."

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Victor Hugo Novelist, Poet
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"If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow."

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Immanuel Kant Philosopher
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"Perhaps a revolution can overthrow autocratic despotism and profiteering or power-grabbing oppression, but it can never truly reform a manner of thinking; instead, new prejudices, just like the old ones they replace, will serve as a leash for the great unthinking mass."

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Fidel Castro Politician, Revolutionary
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"Sovereignty is not negotiated in exchange for anything; to maintain the achievements of the revolution does not depend on a foreign power."

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Leon Trotsky Revolutionary, Politician
Revolution

"Look back at history - those who guided the revolution in the time of its culmination never kept their leading positions long after the turning point."

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