Martin Firrell Quotes

We must remember, elections are short-term efforts. Revolutions are long-term projects.

I do not know of any salvation for society except through eccentrics, misfits, dissenters, people who protest.

The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.

We should not forget that our tradition is one of protest and revolt, and it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past ... while we silence the rebels of the present.

One does not necessarily have to wait for a revolutionary situation: it can be created.

Once again, he who ignores the problems of revolutionary strategy would do better not to talk about revolutions at all.

Revolution is not a one time event.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.

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

All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.

Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs in business and government, it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection.

All the big revolutions, whether it's the Industrial Revolution, the Arab Spring, those changes happened by economic and social shifts brought about by the people's voices, and those things weren't voted for. Most of our changes today are brought about through technology, not by voting.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

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

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

Revolution is not a goal in itself.

We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

As you know with the Arab Spring, there were no dividends.

The seed of revolution is repression.

History dictates that unresponsive governments force ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

There are reformers in every country.

Organizations don’t make revolutions. People do.