#revolution

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

#cannot #change #enough #fabric #quickly

When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the demand of workers for a fair share of the wealth they were creating was conceded only after riots and strikes. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#brought #century #conceded #creating #demand

Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where I'm very optimistic. ↗

— Ron Paul

#believe #changes #come #first #going

And the spirit of revolution will not die while the hearts of these workers continue to beat. ↗

— Ernst Toller

#continue #die #hearts #revolution #spirit

Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that it was the Whig gospel for a century, and you will see its working merit. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#consider #essay #fact #gospel #merit

I always thought of the zombies as being about revolution, one generation consuming the next. ↗

— George A. Romero

#always #being #consuming #generation #i

What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#chat #contact #e-mail #electronic #face-to-face

Revolutions are always verbose. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#revolutions

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. ↗

— Abbie Hoffman

#duty #first #get #revolutionary

It is a revolution, and it can no more be checked by human effort... than a prarie fire by a gardener's watering pot. ↗

— Judah Philip Benjamin

#effort #fire #gardener #human #human effort