Henry Rollins Quotes

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

Tecumseh is one of those uncommon geniuses which spring up occasionally to produce revolutions and overturn the established order of things.

Heroism means going out of bounds. In this world things must go out of bounds from time to time... No one can desire that the world continue to muddle along in every respect in the groove into which imperfect laws and even more imperfect behavior have pushed it. Without heroic intervention no Council of Nicaea, no dethronement of the Merovingians, no conquest of England, no Reformation, no revolt of the Netherlands, no free America. The thing that counts is who intervenes, how and in the name of what.

We are revolutionaries.

We talking about revolution because that's the era that you're caught in.

Revolution is a phase, a mood, like spring, and just as spring has its buds and showers, so revolution has its ebullience, its bravery, its hope, and its solidarity. Some of these things pass.

You can kill a revolutionary but you can never kill the revolution.

Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change.

They say I'm a revolutionary, but they're all wrong.

Those who have wrought great changes in the world never succeeded by gaining over chiefs; but always by exciting the multitude. The first is the resource of intrigue and produces only secondary results, the second is the resort of genius and transforms the universe.

There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs.

I'm a radical reformist, because between where we are and where I want to go there's a great deal of work, and I won't see the end of this.

Organizations don’t make revolutions. People do.

Americans have always been amongst the most revolutionary people of the world.

The spirit of the age is the very thing a great man changes.

Every revolution begins with someone whining.

Ideas ripen quickly when nourished by the blood of martyrs.

Dare! — this word contains all the politics of our revolution.

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

It sounds ghoulish, but it would have been fascinating to be in Paris in 1789 and watch the revolution begin. I can't even imagine what the energy must have been like that year with all of that change crackling in the air.

To dare: that is the whole secret of revolutions.

Next generation leaders are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution.

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.