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Quotes by Revolutionary
"It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me."
90
"I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing."
60
"That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle."
56
"Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness."
54
"Would you allow a people to come from somewhere else and occupy a part of the United States, and set up an independent state, and, after 50 years, you would not be able to stay on this land?"
53
"When a peace agreement is concluded between the Lebanese government and Israel, we would surely disagree with the Lebanese government about that, but we would not make any turmoil out of it."
53
"Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty."
53
"I aimed at the Archduke. I do not remember what I thought at that moment."
52
"Judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement."
49
"From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality."
48
"There go my people, I must find out where they are going so I can lead them."
47
"In the end, we are part of this region, and we are affected by its developments. What we may do or not do in the future depends on the nature of what happens here in the region."
47
"When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out."
47
"Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever."
46
"But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy."
46
"I am against any reconciliation with Israel."
45
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
45
"Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations."
45
"The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision."
43
"Israel remains a foreign body in this large area, and it always proved that it is unable to coexist with this environment, because the, the scope of the massacres that it has committed does not permit it to coexist."
42
"Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel."
41
"You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win."
40
"Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies."
39
"Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children."
37
"The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man."
34
"By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken a single step forward."
Man,
28
"When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object."
25
"The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end."
23
"It is we the workers who built these palaces and cities here in Spain and in America and everywhere. We, the workers, can build others to take their place. And better ones! We are not in the least afraid of ruins."
23
"Show my head to the people, it is worth seeing."
22
"You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it."
22
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."
21
"If you want my opinion, I say that this is a state based on occupation, that has usurped the rights of others."
21
"It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."
20
"No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges."
20
"To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary idea or hope or passion."
20
"If this be treason, make the most of it!"
19
"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks."
19
"I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason."
19
"Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms."
18
"Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them."
17
"Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country."
16
"The privileged man, whether he be privileged politically or economically, is a man depraved in intellect and heart."
16
"The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves."
16
"But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person."
15
"The god of the Christians, as we have seen, is the god who makes promises only to break them; who sends them pestilence and disease in order to heal them; a god who demoralizes mankind in order to improve it."
14
"In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time."
14
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