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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Revolution is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. - Amb

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

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Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. – Ambrose Bierce

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Art
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Ambrose Bierce
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Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection. – 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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I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood. – John Mason Brown

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To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt. – Mikhail Bakunin

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The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all — he must fight to uphold it, unceasingly. – Albert Camus

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It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man. – Aeschylus, Agamemnon

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When fortune knocks open the door. – Proverb

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We have to have a way of dealing with this that engenders confidence, trust, gives us every chance of getting the right outcome and boosts both sustainability and economic return at the same time. – John Anderson

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