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“In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them.”

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Book:Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut

Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut

“Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the Finger of God.”

Important Turns Church Atheism Events Revolution Fingers Profit Positive Atheism Calamity Important Events

Author:Voltaire

“I worked very hard to try and figure out what I thought and I believed that we were going to succeed and that revolutions would happen globally and we would be a part of that and we would have then not capitalism. We would have values based on human lives, not profit. We would actually transform the kinds of ways people built love and built community. It was a very shocking thing to me, out of the end of the 70s and the beginning of the 80s, to realize that that dream - while I still believed in it - was not going to happen in the way that I had hoped.”

“However much we might deplore the profit motive, or consumerist values, if everyone just wants i-Pods we would probably be better off than if they wanted class revolution.”

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Author:Steven Pinker

“The main message of Climate Revolution is that climate change is caused by the rotten financial system we've got, designed to create poverty and rip off any profits for a small amount of rich people. Meanwhile, it destroys the earth.”

People Earth Poverty Rich Revolution Amount Messages Climate Climate Change Financial Profit Rip Rotten Rich People Small Amounts Financial System

Author:Vivienne Westwood

“Kinzie smiled smugly. “You admire our base of operations? Yes, our distribution system is worldwide. It took many years and most of our fortune to build. Now, finally, we’re turning a profit. The mortals don’t realize they are funding the Amazon kingdom. Soon, we’ll be richer than any mortal nation. Then—when the weak mortals depend on us for everything—the revolution will begin!” “What are you going to do?” Frank grumbled. “Cancel free shipping?”

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Author:Rick Riordan