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The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims.

— Joseph Conrad

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Revolution is glorified by intellectuals, apotheosized by poets, sanctified by visionaries, and bled white by politicians.

— Ameen Rihani

In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.

— Georges Jacques Danton

No one makes a revolution by himself; and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes without quite knowing how, because it is everybody who takes them in hand.

— George Sand

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.

— James MacGregor Burns

Revolution is something that actually starts in individual hearts.

— Bill Viola

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.

— Jane Fonda

Every time there's a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing.

— Mike Tyson

The best revolutions are unplanned, and the most democratic are leaderless.

— Maajid Nawaz

Legitimate revolution must be led by, made by those who have been most oppressed: black, brown, yellow, red, and white women-with men relating to that the best they can.

— Robin Morgan

The revolution will come from the people and the willingness to work towards something better, to fight for a better living.

— Ziggy Marley

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