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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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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. – Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty helps us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial. – Edmund Burke

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What is a rebel? A man who says no. – Albert Camus

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

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

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So they united, and the Communist revolution took the chain from their legs and wound it around their necks. – Samuel Bonom

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