Angus King Quotes

America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.

There is a revolution in Germany, and we must ask ourselves, "Is there a revolution in the university?" No. The fighting is still in the skirmishing stage.

We are revolutionists from head to foot; revolutionists we were; revolutionists we are; revolutionists we shall remain until the very end.

Pick a movement, pick a revolution and join it.

A man who is fighting for the future of mankind is not waiting for torture, he's waiting for -- the Revolution.

The Occupy Wall Street project feels like a burning ember that might light the torch of justice and inflame our longing for freedom.

There never was a social change in America without angry people at the heart.

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

If you compromise in any kind of movement or any kind of wave of revolution, if you sort of play the game, things are gonna change far more slowly than you need them to.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

We are here to make another world.

Security isn't what I hunger for. I hunger for change. I hunger for connection.

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

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

Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.

When you look at the times in history when change was brought about, there were two factors: crisis and leadership.

History pays more attention to reformers than others. We pay more attention to dissenters too.

The function of a progressive is to keep on protesting until things get so bad that a reactionary demands reform.

Only force would produce social change.

I have always believed in discontent – not grumbling, which is usually selfish and individual – but a disinclination to sit down idly, knowing things are wrong.

Silence never won rights. They are not handed down from above; they are forced from pressures from below.

Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution?

Revolution is like a love story, When you are in love, your become a much better person. And when you are in revolution, you become a much better person.

Change comes when people are willing to commit acts of peaceful civil disobedience.

I am not a politician. I am just a simple person who has come to break down this system.