Quote by Edmund Burke
A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatien

A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering. – Edmund Burke

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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations. – Edmund Burke

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The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. – Hannah Arendt

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Revolution is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. – Ambrose Bierce

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Revolution begins with the self, in the self. – Toni Cade Bambara

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Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion. – Scottish Proverb

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