Wendell Phillips Quotes

Revolutions are not easy.

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

Revolution is not a goal in itself.

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

Revolution is always delightful in the preliminary stages. So long as it's a question of getting rid of the people at the top.

Without destruction of the State, there is no revolution.

Revolutions begin with enthusiasm but often end in tears.

Revolutions are like onions. You peel away layer after layer.

It is bad governments, not bad people, who cause revolutions.

Revolution is not a one time event.

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

Revolutions are always verbose.

Real change is always violent, but it may hurt a lot less than what's in place before the violence occurs.

Revolutions are not made with rosewater.

The revolution is a torrent which sweeps aside those who resist it.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

… the most sacred right [revolution] to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better.

Revolutions are not push button affairs; rather, they evolve only if there exists a reservoir of hope and grievance that can be galvanized into popular action.

A revolution is generally only evolution--an explosive sequence of events crowded into a short space of time, but leaving more of the ancient regime untouched than usually is at first apparent.

History is a relay of revolutions

I intend to go up there and kick the system over, not try to change it.