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"We are not subjects of a State founded upon law, but members of a society founded upon revolution. Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution. The Revolution is in the individual spirit, or it is nowhere. It is for all, or it is nothing. If it is seen as having any end, it will never truly begin."

"One can take the path of revolution but the revolution should not give a shock to the society. There is no place for violence in revolution."

"Every revolution starts with the aim to help the poor, but when the poor get it they forget who they were and become the new oppressors. The cycle goes on forever."

"I have always thought that in revolutions, especially democratic revolutions, madmen, not those so called by courtesy, but genuine madmen, have played a very considerable political part. One thing is certain, and that is that a condition of semi-madness is not unbecoming at such times, and often even leads to success."

"It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes."

"It is amazing how desperately the self-proclaimed revolutionaries grope for their own orthodoxy."

"A court that wouldn't just change the world. It would start the world over."

"Dead anarchists make martyrs, you know, and keep living for centuries. But absent ones can be forgotten."

"In Burgundy and in the cities of the South the tree of Liberty was planted. That is to say, a pole topped by the revolutionary red bonnet."

"The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect."
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"I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress."

"Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances."

"At early previews, the theater gossips are there, wishing you ill every night. They don't grant you any slack. Agents are in from Hollywood. Your friends are there. People who are going to spread the word-of-mouth. If something doesn't work, everyone will know."
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