“Celebrated in the Bob Dylan ballad “Joey”, Crazy Joe Gallo was a charismatic beatnik gangster whose forays into Greenwich Village in the 1960s inspired his bloody revolution against the Mafia.” CrazyRevolutionInspiredVillageBobBloodyDylan1960sMafiaGangstersCharismaticBalladsBeatnikJoeyGreenwichGreenwich VillageRussian Mafia Author:Tom Folsom
“He[Napoleon] had destroyed only one thing: the Jacobin Revolution, the dream of equality, liberty and fraternity, and of the people rising in its majesty to shake off oppression. It was a more powerful myth than his, for after his fall it was this, and not his memory, which inspired the revolutions of the nineteenth century, even in his own country.” PeopleCountryDreamFallMemoriesPowerfulLibertyOne ThingCenturyRevolutionInspiredMythOppressionDestroyedRisingShakesMajestyNineteenth CenturyFraternity Author:Eric Hobsbawm
“It cannot be sufficiently emphasized that revolution is in vain unless inspired by its ultimate ideal. Revolutionary methods must be in tune with revolutionary aims.” RevolutionIdealsUltimateAimMethodInspiredVainRevolutionaryTunes Book:My Disillusionment in Russia Source: My Disillusionment in Russia
“No single man makes history. History cannot be seen, just as one cannot see grass growing. Wars and revolutions, kings and Robespierres, are history's organic agents, its yeast. But revolutions are made by fanatical men of action with one-track mind, geniuses in their ability to confine themselves to a limited field. They overturn the old order in a few hours or days, the whole upheaval takes a few weeks or at most years, but the fanatical spirit that inspired the upheavals is worshiped for decades thereafter, for centuries.” MenYearsMindMadeWarWholeActionSpiritOrderHoursAbilityGrowingWeekCenturyFieldsRevolutionGeniusKingsInspiredTrackDecadesAgentsGrassUpheavalSingle ManYeastGrass Growing Author:Boris Pasternak
“Here they are, all in one place. Circle back to them when you need some poetic shine. It is not revolutions and upheavals that clear the road to better days, but revelations, and lavishness of someone's soul inspired, and ablaze.” InspirationalNeedsSoulClearRevolutionShiningInspiredCirclesRevelationsPoeticUpheavalBetter Days Author:Boris Pasternak