Susan George Quotes

Beginning reform is beginning revolution.

The revolution doesn't always look perfect.

A revolution is not an event. It's a process. And it takes its time.

… revolution is in vain unless inspired by its ultimate ideal

I think that in order to make revolution, you need to make reforms, but you should make these reforms with revolution in mind.

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

Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward.

No great revolution can happen in a state without revolutions or mutations of private property.

Philosophers have interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it

Revolutions are the locomotives of history. Drive them full speed ahead and keep them on the rails... .

One does not make revolutions by halves

Even revolutions can only develop and mature the germs which already exist and have made their way into the consciousness of men; they cannot themselves create these germs or create new worlds out of nothing.

The world which we now live in must be transformed, yet there is a dearth of ideas about how it is to be done.

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.

Until we start thinking in terms of revolution instead of compromise the Church will continue to pat itself on the back with token steps of renewal.

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

Revolutions come in two stages: the bit where everything gets smashed and the bit where you have to build it again. The first is great fun; the second is so very hard.

We are all revolutionaries now, addicts of change.

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

Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

Revolution as an ideal concept always preserves the essential content of the original thought: sudden and lasting betterment.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again.

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