A Quote by Barbara W. Tuchman
Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.
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One puts on black robes to scare the hell out of white people, while the other puts on white robes to scare the hell out of blacks.
When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
Sow seed--but let no tyrant reap;
Find wealth--let no imposter heap;
Weave robes--let not the idle wear;
Forge arms--in your defence to bear.
The digital revolution has also meant a revolution in access to information. This puts more power and knowledge into the hands of nonexperts.
Every revolution by force only puts more violent means of enslavement into the hands of the persons in power.
A successful revolution establishes a new community. A missed revolution makes irrelevant the community that persists. And a compromised revolution tends to shatter the community that was, without an adequate substitute.
In comparison to the French Revolution, the American Revolution has come to seem a parochial and rather dull event. This, despitethe fact that the American Revolution was successful--realizing the purposes of the revolutionaries and establishing a durable political regime--while the French Revolution was a resounding failure, devouring its own children and leading to an imperial despotism, followed by an eventual restoration of the monarchy.
A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time
The hand of Vengeance found the Bed To which the Purple Tyrant fled The iron hand crush'd the tyrant's head And became Tyrant in his stead.
...every successful quality revolution has included the participation of upper management. We know of no exceptions.
We didn't put a single boot on the ground, and [Muammar] Gaddafi was deposed. The Libyans turned out for one of the most successful, fairest elections that any Arab country has had. They elected moderate leaders.
Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.
Every time there's a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing.
We led the industrial revolution, the White revolution, now its time for a cultural revolution.
Since 1789 history has had a new perspective, revolution being a successful revolt, and revolt a revolution that has failed.
We have this revolution that's happening in our lifetime. The Information Revolution is changing absolutely every industry and every part of life and society and behavior.
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