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Revolutionaries4 quotes
Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic. — Albert Camus · 1951The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt · 1970Let me say, with the risk of appearing ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by strong feelings of love. It is impossible to think of an authentic revolutionary without this quality. — Che Guevara · 1997Every one of the great revolutionists, from Isaiah to Shelley, have been optimists. They have been indignant, not about the badness of existence, but about the slowness of men in realizing its goodness. — G.K. Chesterton · 1901Revolution3 quotes
Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic. — Albert Camus · 1951The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt · 1970Every one of the great revolutionists, from Isaiah to Shelley, have been optimists. They have been indignant, not about the badness of existence, but about the slowness of men in realizing its goodness. — G.K. Chesterton · 1901Political theory2 quotes
Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic. — Albert Camus · 1951The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt · 1970Politics2 quotes
Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic. — Albert Camus · 1951The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt · 1970Conservatism1 quote
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt · 1970Optimism1 quote
Every one of the great revolutionists, from Isaiah to Shelley, have been optimists. They have been indignant, not about the badness of existence, but about the slowness of men in realizing its goodness. — G.K. Chesterton · 1901Progress1 quote
Every one of the great revolutionists, from Isaiah to Shelley, have been optimists. They have been indignant, not about the badness of existence, but about the slowness of men in realizing its goodness. — G.K. Chesterton · 1901Revolutionary politics1 quote
Let me say, with the risk of appearing ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by strong feelings of love. It is impossible to think of an authentic revolutionary without this quality. — Che Guevara · 1997