#evolutions

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State. ↗

— Albert Camus

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No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

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I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

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We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous. ↗

— Pierre Boulez

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What has marked Chinese society is its level of cruelty, not just revolutions and wars. We ought to reject it totally, otherwise in another upheaval there will be further cruelty. ↗

— Jung Chang

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Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought. ↗

— Kwame Nkrumah

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When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

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