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“All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.”

Inspiration Successful Doors Revolution Rotten Kicking Kicking It

Book:The Essential Galbraith

Source: The Essential Galbraith

“There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I've learned that lesson twice now. The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.”

Thinking Giving Winning Individual Nations Community Challenges Accepting Successful Greater Revolution Depends Lessons Essence Structure I've Learned

Author:Abbie Hoffman

“Every successful organization has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by repetition to one primarily defined by change. This is the biggest transformation in the structure of how humans work together since the Agricultural Revolution.”

World Humans Together Successful Revolution Organization Transformation Structure Defined Working Together Transition Repetition Successful Organizations

Author:Bill Drayton

“In comparison to the French Revolution, the American Revolution has come to seem a parochial and rather dull event. This, despitethe fact that the American Revolution was successful--realizing the purposes of the revolutionaries and establishing a durable political regime--while the French Revolution was a resounding failure, devouring its own children and leading to an imperial despotism, followed by an eventual restoration of the monarchy.”

“A successful bloody revolution can only mean further misery for the masses.”

Mean Successful Violence Revolution Mass Misery Bloody

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“A successful revolution establishes a new community. A missed revolution makes irrelevant the community that persists. And a compromised revolution tends to shatter the community that was, without an adequate substitute.”

Community Successful Revolution Substitutes Persist Irrelevant Adequate

Book:Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society

Source: Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society

“...every successful quality revolution has included the participation of upper management. We know of no exceptions.”

Knows Quality Successful Revolution Management Exception Participation

Author:Joseph M. Juran

“Since 1789 history has had a new perspective, revolution being a successful revolt, and revolt a revolution that has failed.”

Successful Revolution Perspective Revolt New Perspective

Author:Andre Malraux

“We don't have to go around as the Protestant reformation did, or as the socialist revolution did, and execute each other as soon as we are successful - assuming we'll ever be successful.”

Successful Revolution Assuming Being Successful Socialist Reformation Protestants Protestant Reformation

Author:Murray Bookchin

“A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough – but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.”

Ifs Enough Character Care Political Politics Successful Wise Revolution Peaceful Fortunate Compassionate Inevitability Peaceful Revolution

Author:John F. Kennedy

“Successful revolutions are those which end up by erasing all traces of themselves.”

Ends Successful Revolution

Author:Terry Eagleton

“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.”

Language Justice Consciousness Enemy Successful Our Lives Share Revolution Diversity Social Justice Allies Good Poetry

Author:June Jordan