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In 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 BCG.M. Trevelyan1 quote
If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt. — G.M. Trevelyan · 1942Ryszard Kapuscinski1 quote
When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered. — Ryszard Kapuscinski · 1985