Wendell Phillips Quotes

Revolutions do not go backward.

Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

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

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

Every revolution is the consequence of one revolution and the beginning of another.

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

The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.

Sometimes - history needs a push.

… revolution is in vain unless inspired by its ultimate ideal

I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards.

Revolution means turning the wheel.

Revolutions are like the most noxious dungheaps, which bring into life the noblest vegetables.

Revolution is not a one time event.

We are revolutionaries.

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

We are all revolutionaries now, addicts of change.

We have not made the Revolution, the Revolution has made us.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to 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.

There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

The worst of revolutions is a restoration.

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