Revolutions are not made: they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.

—Wendell Phillips

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About Wendell Phillips

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Wendell Phillips (November 29, 1811 – February 2, 1884) was an American abolitionist, labor reformer, temperance activist, advocate for Native Americans, orator, and attorney.

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What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.

—Wendell Phillips

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It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man.

—David Harris

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Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

—Paul Gauguin

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Sometimes you plodded through life with nothing changing from one month to the next no matter how much you yearned for a revolution to erupt beneath your feet. And sometimes your whole world imploded and rebuilt itself in a matter of seconds.

—Laura Kaye in Hard as It Gets

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Only the truth is revolutionary.

—Graffiti, Paris, May 1968

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There are two things to remember about a revolution: first, we're gonna get our asses kicked, and second, we're gonna win.

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