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Age of Enlightenment3 quotes
And with the guts of the last priest
Let's wring the neck of the last king. — Denis Diderot · 1772A state without some means of change is without the means of its own conservation. — Edmund Burke · 1790Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions. — Edmund Burke · 1790Classical antiquity3 quotes
No tyrant need fear till men begin to feel confident in each other. — Aristotle · 350 BCIn revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interests are at stake. — Aristotle · 350 BCInferiors revolt in order that they may be equal and equals that they might be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions. — Aristotle · 350 BCAmerican Revolutionary Period2 quotes
A little rebellion now and then is a good thing. — Thomas Jefferson · 1787What a glorious morning is this. — Samuel Adams · 1775