Revolution do not stand still.

Rosa Luxemburg

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The only constant is change Revolution Political progress Politics

Author

Rosa Luxemburg

Source

The Beginning The Red Flag

Language

German

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Marxist Philosopher Activist

From

Poland Europe

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Original Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Beginning." Die Rote Fahne [The Red Flag], 18 Nov. 1918.

Current Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Beginning." The Rosa Luxemburg Reader. New York University Press, 2004.

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Another quote from the 1910s

History is more or less bunk.

Henry Ford

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History
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Henry Ford
Source
Chicago Tribune
Medium
Interview Newspapers
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Ford, Henry. Interviewed by Charles N. Wheeler. Chicago Tribune, 25 May 1916.

Another quote about Revolution

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

Che Guevara

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Topic
Conditions for revolution Revolution Revolutionary politics Politics

Author

Che Guevara
Source
Libération (Newspaper)
Medium
Interview
Language
Spanish
Time
1967 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Guevara, Che. Interviewed by Boualam Rouissi. Libération, 17-23 Mar. 1965.

Another quote from 1918

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought, and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Towne v. Eisner

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Meaning of words Words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Source
Towne v. Eisner
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1918 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. United States, Supreme Court. Towne v. Eisner. United States Reports, vol. 245, 7 Jan. 1918, pp. 418-427. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/245/418/.

Another quote originally in German

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

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Dangerous ideas Power of ideas

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Beyond Good and Evil
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
German
Time
1886 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft [Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future]. Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1886, ch. 4, no. 146.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 4, no. 146.