“By the Revolution the Germans have made themselves pariahs among the nations, incapable of winning allies, helots in the service of foreigners and foreign capital, and deprived of all self-respect. In twenty years' time, the German people will curse the parties who now boast of having made the Revolution.” PeopleYearsMadeSelfWinningNationsPartyRevolutionTwentiesCurseSelf RespectAlliesIncapableBoastDeprivedForeignersPariahs Author:Erich Ludendorff
“Israel no longer has allies in Egypt and in Tunisia, we are saying to the Zionist enemies that times have changed and that the time of the Arab Spring, the time of the revolution, of dignity and of pride has arrived.” EnemyChangedRevolutionPrideSpringDignityIsraelAlliesEgyptZionistArab SpringTimes Have ChangedTunisia Author:Ismail Haniyeh
“There is nothing in the world I hold in greater horror than to see a body moving against its head: and I shall be very careful notto ally myself with such a monster.” WorldBodyMovingGreaterRevolutionHorrorCarefulMonstersAlliesMonarchy Author:Elizabeth I
“I am sorry to be so blunt, but I do not see much ambiguity here. [Barack] Obama was late to affirm the Egyptian revolution as a democratic movement, and even then he was eager to have installed those military leaders who were known for their practices of torture. And now he is quick to make allies with the Muslim Brotherhood for tactical reasons as well (though earlier that same administration stoked Islamophobic fear about that very political party).” WellsReasonPoliticalPartyKnownLeaderPracticeMilitaryMovementRevolutionLateDemocraticSorryAdministrationBarackTortureAlliesBrotherhoodPolitical PartiesAmbiguityBluntEgyptianI Am SorryAm SorryTacticalMilitary LeaderMuslim BrotherhoodEgyptian Revolution Author:Judith Butler
“We are not the ones who create revolutions. It is the imperialist system and its allies, internal allies, the ones who create revolution.” RevolutionInternalsAllies Author:Che Guevara
“The crises of our time, it becomes increasingly clear, are the necessary impetus for the revolution now under way. And once we understand nature's transformative powers, we see that it is our powerful ally, not a force to feared our subdued.” WayForcePowerfulClearRevolutionCrisisOur TimeAlliesImpetus Author:Thomas Kuhn
“Good poetry and successful revolution change our lives. And you cannot compose a good poem or wage a revolution without changing consciousness unless you attack the language that you share with your enemies and invent a language that you share with your allies.” LanguageJusticeConsciousnessEnemySuccessfulOur LivesShareRevolutionDiversitySocial JusticeAlliesGood Poetry Author:June Jordan