#revolution

Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#lying #make #pick #power #revolutionaries

While the technology revolution has yet to reach far into the households of those in developing countries, this is certainly another area where more developed countries can assist those in the less developed world. ↗

— Carol Bellamy

#area #assist #certainly #countries #developed

I was born in revolution. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

#i #i was born #revolution

After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#could #cut #harm #little #might

Normal life cannot sustain revolutionary attitudes for long. ↗

— Milovan Djilas

#cannot #life #long #normal #normal life

There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a much more profound and fundamental nature than the social and political revolutions of the last half century. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#doubt #fundamental #half #half century #last

Cereal production in the rain-fed areas still remains relatively unaffected by the impact of the green revolution, but significant change and progress are now becoming evident in several countries. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#becoming #cereal #change #countries #evident

The demographic weight of countries such as China and India exercise a massive pressure on our wages and salaries. They have accomplished massive technological advances and the revolution in information technology has reduced the costs of transport. ↗

— Laurent Fabius

#advances #china #costs #countries #demographic

One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. ↗

— James Buchan

#awash #been #british #consequences #consular

Rarely in modern times has there been such a revolution in commercial sentiment as occurred in 2008, or such a display in government and business of panic and helplessness. ↗

— James Buchan

#business #commercial #display #government #helplessness