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Quotes by Revolutionary
"It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me."
135
"Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel."
102
"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?"
99
"The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end."
93
"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."
92
"From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality."
91
"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."
91
"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."
89
"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."
87
"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."
85
"Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations."
85
"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."
83
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
83
"When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out."
83
"Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty."
82
"I aimed at the Archduke. I do not remember what I thought at that moment."
82
"Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness."
81
"Judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement."
79
"There go my people, I must find out where they are going so I can lead them."
78
"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."
78
"True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people. There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate."
76
"I am against any reconciliation with Israel."
75
"Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever."
72
"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."
71
"Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies."
69
"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."
63
"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."
60
"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."
55
"Show my head to the people, it is worth seeing."
47
"When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object."
47
"If you want my opinion, I say that this is a state based on occupation, that has usurped the rights of others."
46
"Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement."
46
"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,
44
"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."
43
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."
41
"I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason."
41
"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."
40
"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."
39
"Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity."
39
"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."
38
"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."
37
"Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability."
36
"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."
36
"Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost."
35
"If this be treason, make the most of it!"
35
"Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country."
34
"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."
34
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