Boots Riley Quotes

I've always said - I've always said I'm not, by temperament, a romantic about revolutions or given to revolutions. I've always thought that they are not the ideal way to change.

Every revolutionary movement ... proposes the greatest number of achievements possible.

Beginning reform is beginning revolution.

Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary.

The revolution doesn't always look perfect.

Revolution is an instrument, like a party is an instrument.

Revolution, not elections!

Grasp Revolution

Revolutionaries are not infallible.

Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.

No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.

Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.

I have always said that we did not expect a revolution in the streets.

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.

A revolutionary is not the revolution.

Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution?

One does not make revolutions by halves

If there is to be a revolution, there must be a revolutionary party.

Of all the things we have done, the most important - the one that history will record as the principal contribution of our generation - is that we understand how to turn the armed struggle into a Revolution; that we realized that it was essential to create a new mentality to build a new society.

Anarchists prepare for social revolution and use every means- speech, writing, or deed, whichever is more to the point - to accelerate revolutionary development.

Radicals don't care about the institutions. They are looking for an ideological crusade. Traditions don't matter.

Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?

Look, if the Situationists achieved what they wanted, they would be very unhappy and they would have to be Situationists all over again. It's a never-ending process.

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.