Tom Metzger Quotes

The revolution is a torrent which sweeps aside those who resist it.

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.

Blood alone moves the wheels of history.

A revolution is not a bed of roses.

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.

Revolutions are not made with rosewater.

Fire in the lake: The image of revolution.

The pogroms are oil for the wheels of revolution.

The vessel of Revolution can arrive at port only on a sea reddened by torrents of blood.

There is no field of activity for great men without the coming of great wars, great struggles and great revolutions.

Agitated by revolutionary movements, these grow in proportion to the force that resists them.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolutions are not easy.

I intend to go up there and kick the system over, not try to change it.

A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure.

Revolutions are never peaceful.

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. It cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

Every revolution destroys the average middle first and most savagely.

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.

I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.

We talking about revolution because that's the era that you're caught in.

Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.

Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.