And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.
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In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.
All revolutions are violent revolutions.
It is a quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws, but to break up both and make new ones.
At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned.
Few revolutions succeed, and when they do, you often discover they did not gain what you hoped for, and you condemn yourself to perpetual fear, as the parties you defeated may always regain power and work for your ruin.
A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.
Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.
Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.
Usually, in any revolution people are focused on who wants to have the most power. But the most important thing is the laws that are written during that time.
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