Popular Revolt Quotes

Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.

Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears.

In many... cases, of course, the Arab Spring has brought about instability rather than greater stability. And rather than bringing about government that is more representative and more responsive to the people, you're seeing, frankly, the opposite, or you're seeing all-out war.

I was singularly struck to see the unanimous eruption of such keen and all-embracing sympathy for the revolt of a people against a king. The American insurrection took hold of the imagination like some fashion.

Mass civil disobedience is like an earthquake, a sort of general upheaval on the political plane.

Americans have a tendency to exalt the concept of a popular uprising.

In all our history, there is no change of government peacefully.

Few, if any, political analysts predicted the Arab Spring. The raw energy of millions of protestors in the streets of Tunis and Cairo came as a surprise to many who believed that Arabs were essentially reconciled to their governments and non-democratic rule.

You just pick up any paper, and it's always talking about, how are we going to overthrow Donald Trump? I'm representing a tremendous - I'm representing millions of people that have - really feel angry and disenfranchised. And these are great people. And they like me and I love them. And I'll tell you what. We're not being treated right.

All unprejudiced persons objectively surveying the grim events in Bangla Desh since March 25 have recognized the revolt of 75 million people, a people who were forced to the conclusion that neither their life, nor their liberty, to say nothing of the possibility of the pursuit of happiness, was available to them.

American media seem to color events by refracting them through a sickeningly sentimental prism. Their efforts to create reality on the ground — instead of reporting on it — notwithstanding, here's what we know about the inchoate Egyptian uprising: the movement's members hated their ruler and did what was necessary to be rid of him.

We have enough votes to run the country. And when the people say, We've had enough, we are going to take over.

The 'Arab Spring' is the most spectacular example of the dispersal of power.

I just long for the day when I wake up and find that the Saudi royal family are swinging from lamp-posts.

The general revolt of a Nation cannot be called a Rebellion.

As soon as the invasion begins there will be a national uprising.

If we don't all leave the euro behind, it will explode. Either there will be a popular revolt because the people no longer want to be bled out. Or the Germans will say: Stop, we can't pay for the poor anymore.

Imagine a government which has delivered double-digit growth rates for over seven years losing an election anywhere on earth. It is unheard of for such a phenomenon to happen.

It's interesting to me that the Arab Spring started in Tunisia, and in the marches, people were singing 'Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights.'

I think that rebellions arise out of anger, and they're very short-lived. And a revolution has some sense of a long time frame, millions of years that we've been evolving on this planet.

From the time I was elected to parliament, I was not voting for the government. I was sure it did not have a chance to survive. From the beginning, I was one of the organizers of the Maidan.

I don't think there Is a way politically to beat "Insurgent Movement Of Populism".

An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies.