“It was a real revolution. But with one missing feature. That is the feeling in a people that "We have done it once, and if the new lot let us down, we can do it again!" It was that proud, menacing confidence which made the French revolution special. But it's not around in 21st-century Europe. After 1989, the people handed over liberty to the experts. Will they ever want it back?” PeopleIfsWantMadeRealDoneFeelingsCan DoLibertySpecialCenturyMissingRevolutionProudEuropeFeaturesExperts21st CenturyFrench Revolution Author:Neal Ascherson
“What one person can do is to plant the seeds of love and outrage in the hearts of a movement. And if those hearts are fertile ground, those seeds of love and outrage will grow into a revolution.” IfsHeartPersonsGrowsCan DoMovementRevolutionPlantSeedsOutrageFertileFertile Ground Author:Tim DeChristopher
“If you're creating a slave situation, you would almost never bring women. And if we look at Slavery for example, we look at the Greeks and the Romans, right? It was always men. They never brought any women. Because women carry the seeds of the revolution, right? And if you have the men by themselves, then you can do what the French did with the Blackfeet, which is breed them out.” IfsMenLooksCan DoSituationExampleHe ManRevolutionCreatingSlaverySlaveSeedsGreek Author:Nikki Giovanni
“Anybody can make a movie, if you have the will. The digital revolution has made it very inexpensive to make a film. Anybody who wants to can do it.” IfsWantMadeFilmCan DoRevolutionMade ItDigitalInexpensiveDigital Revolution Author:John Carpenter
“If you are asking me what the individual can do right now, in a political sense, I'd have to say he can't do all that much. Speaking for myself, I am more concerned with the transformation of the individual, which to me is much more important than the so-called political revolution.” IfsImportantPoliticalIndividualCan DoRevolutionRight NowConcernedTransformationAskingPolitical Revolution Author:William S. Burroughs
“An ant can't make a revolution, but a monkey can do; because it owns a fist! No real revolution is ever possible without fist.” RealCan DoRevolutionMonkeysFistsAnts Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I get up every morning and think, today I'm going to make a difference. Today I'm going to end capitalism. Today I'm going to make a revolution. I go to bed every night disappointed but I'm back to work tomorrow, and that's the only way you can do it.” ThinkingWayEndsTodayNightCan DoDifferencesMorningRevolutionTomorrowBedCapitalismGet UpMaking A DifferenceDisappointedEvery NightEvery MorningYou Can Do ItBack To WorkI'm Back Author:Bill Ayers
“With our technology, with objects, literally three people in a garage can blow away what 200 people at Microsoft can do. Literally can blow it away. Corporate America has a need that is so huge and can save them so much money, or make them so much money, or cost them so much money if they miss it, that they are going to fuel the object revolution.” PeopleIfsNeedsAmericaThreeCan DoTechnologyMissingObjectsHugeRevolutionCostBlowCorporateFuelMicrosoftGarageCorporate America Author:Steve Jobs
“What is irreversible in the Arab world is this intellectual revolution, the awakening that we can get rid of dictators. That is here, and the people have this sentiment and this political power. They feel that they can do it, and it's still there. At the same time, we don't know what is going to happen. So to be very quick by saying, "Oh, revolutions and Arab Spring," and - you know, what I'm advocating is to take a cautious optimism as the starting point of our analysis and to look at what is happening.” PeopleKnowsWorldFeelsLooksStillsHappensPoliticalCan DoRevolutionIntellectualSpringHappeningsOptimismStartingAwakeningAnalysisSentimentsDictatorCautiousStarting PointPolitical PowerAdvocatingIrreversibleArab WorldArab Spring Author:Tariq Ramadan