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Albert Camus1 quote
Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic. — Albert Camus · 1951Che Guevara1 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 · 1997G.K. Chesterton1 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 · 1901Hannah Arendt1 quote
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt · 1970