Revolution Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old revolution quotes, revolution sayings, and revolution proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters. Henry Clay
Great political and social changes begin to be possible as soon as men are not afraid to risk their lives. Thomas Masaryk
Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions. Edmund Burke
If obedience is the result of the instinct of the masses, revolt is the result of their thought. Napoleon Bonaparte
Revolution, in order to be creative, cannot do without either a moral or metaphysical rule to balance the insanity of history. Albert Camus
You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves. Joseph Stalin
It takes a revolution to make a solution. Bob Marley
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. John F. Kennedy
Every revolutionary end as an oppressor or a heretic. Albert Camus
I think the real longing is not for a mass movement sweeping up individual concerns, but for an individualized movement reaching out to social concerns. Northrop Frye
Revolutions are started, though they are seldom finished, by people of conviction. Nothing is more tedious than other people's convictions and the most natural response to tedium is apathy. Northrop Frye
I would think of education as the only genuine revolution that society is ever likely to accomplish. Northrop Frye
In a revolution, one either triumphs or dies. Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. Edmund Burke
Revolution's delightful in the preliminary stages. So long as it's a question of getting rid of people at the top. Aldous Huxley
Revolution's have never lightened the burden of tyranny; they have only shifted it o another shoulder. George Bernard Shaw
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution. Hannah Arendt
Revolution's have never lightened the burden of tyranny; they have only shifted it to another shoulder. Pierre Boulez
Those who have served the cause of the revolution have plowed the sea. Simon Bolivar
What is a rebel? A man who says no. Albert Camus