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“The men who were running the church in the late '60s and '70s panicked when they saw the chaos, which developed after the council. The relatively modest changes of those years thawed the ice in which Catholicism had been frozen since the French Revolution.”

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Author:Andrew Greeley

“I do not regard the Keynesian revolution as a great intellectual triumph. On the contrary, it was a tragedy because it came so late. Hitler had already found out how to cure unemployment before Keynes had finished explaining why it occured.”

Found Revolution Late Intellectual Tragedy Regard Finished Contrary Cures Triumph Unemployment Economist Explaining Keynes

Book:The Second Crisis of Economic Theory: And Other Selected Papers from the American Economic Meeting, December 27-29, 1971

Source: The Second Crisis of Economic Theory: And Other Selected Papers from the American Economic Meeting, December 27-29, 1971

“I can't imagine my life without the extraordinary bebop jazz revolution in New York in late '40s and '50s.”

I Can Imagine New York Revolution Late Jazz Extraordinary Bebop

Author:Robert Wyatt

“In your late teens and early twenties, everything is idealism. Everything should just work in black and white. That's good. You need that. I think most revolutions are started by people in their teens and twenties.”

People Thinking Needs Should Black White Revolution Late Twenties Teens Black And White Idealism

Author:LeCrae

“Nothing I study makes me think we will survive this century. And yet why am I so happy? Because it's not too late. Just get off your ass and work for revolution.”

Thinking Study Century Revolution Late Ass Too Late

Author:Patch Adams

“People of Haiti, I am the heir to the political philosophy, the doctrine and the revolution which my late father incarnated as president-for-life [and] I have decided to continue his work with the same fierce energy and the same intransigence.”

People Philosophy Political Father Energy President Revolution Late Decided Doctrine Fierce Political Philosophy Heirs Haiti

Author:Jean-Claude Duvalier

“I'm guessing that musicals didn't make sense anymore because of the changes in the political environment that began in the late Sixties, an era of self-awareness and social revolutions.”

Self Political Social Environment Awareness Revolution Late Self Awareness Eras Make Sense Sixty Guessing Social Revolution Political Environment

Author:Carmen Ejogo

“There's always a question when you invest. Are you too early, are you too late, or are you just right? And there was a lot of hype about life sciences, around the sequencing of the human genome and a lot of people concluded that's not really there. But by the way, there was a lot of hype around the digital revolution just about the time of 2000 and the human genome, and it turns out that some of the world's biggest, most powerful companies are the survivors post that crash.”

People World Way Humans Turns Powerful Company Revolution Late Posts Too Late Digital Most Powerful Survivor Crash Hype Genome Digital Revolution Sequencing

Author:Juan Enriquez

“America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.”

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Author:Claire Wolfe

“When I started teaching in the late 60s, in a time of student revolutions and changes, they changed in question of society and authority.”

Teaching Changed Students Revolution Authority Late

Author:Michael Craig-Martin

“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).”

“Chairman Mao's greatest contribution was that he applied the principles of Marxism-Leninism to the concrete practice of the Chinese revolution, pointing the way to victory. It should be said that before the sixties or the late fifties many of his ideas brought us victories, and the fundamental principles he advanced were quite correct.”

“The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come! I repeat, Sir, let it come!”

“Tyrants are always assassinated too late. That is their great excuse.”

Freedom Democracy Revolution Late Excuse Too Late Tyrants

Author:Emile M. Cioran

“It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution. The freemen of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle. We revere this lesson too much ... to forget it”

Source: Writings