#overthrow

There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua? ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#bringing #contra #economic justice #government #had

Amin hid nothing. Everybody knew everything. Yet the American Senate only introduced a resolution breaking off trade with Amin three months before his overthrow. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#amin #before #breaking #everybody #everything

The aim of my life is the overthrow of monarchy. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

#life #monarchy #my life #overthrow

We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#down #experts #fall #kings #overthrown

We can't fool ourselves that they will ever be enough to overthrow Capitalism. If we're serious about that we need to organise ourselves in our workplaces and communities, making the links with other workers internationally. ↗

— John Blair

#capitalism #communities #enough #ever #fool

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#great mind #mind #only #overthrown #tragedy