45 Best revolution Quotes

I'll use my own life to judge this corrupt world. – Najenda

It's getting exciting now. Two and one-half. Think of everything we've accomplished, man. Out these windows, we will view the collapse of financial history. One step closer to economic equilibrium. – Project Mayhem Member

I'm not going to stop the wheel. I'm going to break the wheel. – Daenerys Targaryen

I’m gonna be honest with you, I’m not particularly interested in saving the world. I just don’t want to see it get worse. – Darlene

I don't want to be your God. I just want to bring down the guys who think they are. – Elliot

Sometimes, I dream of saving the world. Saving everyone from the invisible hand. The one that brands us with an employee ID. The one that forces us to work for them. The one that holds us down with mortgages and debt. – Elliot

So what if changing the world was just about being here, by showing up no matter how many times we get told we don’t belong, by choosing to believe, against all odds, that we matter? – Darlene

I destroy the world... and create it anew. – Lelouch Lamperouge

The world isn't always right. That's why we must fight to change it. – Lelouch Lamperouge

You can't change the world without getting your hands dirty. – Lelouch Lamperouge

Yes, I... destroy the world... and create it... anew. – Lelouch Lamperouge

Killing people is a filthy business. But if shining a light on that filth can help change this corrupt world, then I'll gladly be the match that starts the fire. – Leone

I don't want to live in a world where the strong prey on the weak. That's why I fight! – Tatsumi

Even if this body turns to dust, my will shall live on. – Leone

We fight not because we want to, but because we have to. – Najenda

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

And the great owners, who must lose their land in an upheaval, the great owners with access to history, with eyes to read history and to know the great fact: when property accumulates in too few hands it is taken away.

The break would never come as long as fear could turn to wrath.

In the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss, and, in their struggles to be truly free, in their triumphs and defeats, through long years to come, I see the evil of this time and of the previous time of which this is the natural birth, gradually making expiation for itself and wearing out.

Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. Sow the same seed of rapacious license and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind.

Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death;—the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!

It was the popular theme for jests; it was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented the hair from turning grey, it imparted a peculiar delicacy to the complexion, it was the National Razor which shaved close: who kissed La Guillotine, looked through the little window and sneezed into the sack.

Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule.

We have done nothing to merit death, but to have been born of a certain family.

The shadow of the manner of these Defarges was dark upon himself, for all day long… and was dark upon his wife.

It is a fearful thing to see the shadow of the people, and to see no sun or substance in it.

The time was to come, when that wine too would be spilled on the street-stones, and when the stain of it would be red upon many there.

The footsteps were incessant, and the hurry of them became more and more rapid… The sound of them was a strange compound of the presence of great crowds and of the absence of many.

Remember, remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. – V

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people. – V

Ideas are bulletproof. – V

Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. – V

A building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. Alone, a symbol is meaningless, but with enough people, blowing up a building can change the world. – V

We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. – V

Anarchy wears two faces, both creator and destroyer. Thus destroyers topple empires; make a canvas of clean rubble where creators can then build a better world. – V

The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. – V

Did you think to kill me? There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof. – V

I will only tell you once more. Do not throw away your shot. – V

I'm giving them a future. A real future. – Silco

I'm not a gangster. I'm a revolutionary. – Montana

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. – Aristotle

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. – John F. Kennedy

We can complete the revolution that started with women entering the workforce by redefining success and creating a healthier, more sustainable way to live and work. – Arianna Huffington