Line #38 Quotes/TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized


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4	->'''Tetu:''' It is not fear of my death that brings us together, Ezekiel Stane. It is fear of losing. Fear of tyranny extending itself, unchallenged, even one more day.
5	->'''Stane:''' Have you ever actually seen someone drawn and quartered? (Pauses) Okay, here's the thing, you say you want a revolution, [[AndThenWhat but are you ready for the future, friend]]? [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Let me tell you what is coming]]. Panic in the streets. Fire in the sky. Casualties. Agony.
6	-->-- ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'', The "A Nation Under Our Feet" Arc
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8	->Idealists and reformers all become executioners in their turn. The road to utopia ends with the steps of the scaffold, [[ReignOfTerror the endless moment of the guillotine.]]
9	-->--'''Creator/GrantMorrison''', ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles Vol. 1: Say You Want a Revolution''
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11	->There's one hole in every revolution, large or small … [[HumansAreFlawed people]]. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
12	-->--'''Spider Jerusalem''', ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}''
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15	[[folder:Film -- Live Action]]
16	->"You know what it is to say to a whole country: 'Let me make everything that's wrong, right for you. Let me carry you all on my shoulders'? Eventually you begin to resent the weight."
17	-->-- ''Film/AndStarringPanchoVillaAsHimself''
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19	->''"You know, where I'm from... when black folks started revolutions, they never had the firepower... or the resources to fight their oppressors. Where was Wakanda? Hmm? Yeah, all that ends today. We got spies embedded in every nation on Earth. Already in place. I know how colonizers think. So we're gonna use their own strategy against 'em. We're gonna send vibranium weapons out to our War Dogs. They'll arm oppressed people all over the world... so they can finally rise up and kill those in power. And their children. And anyone else who takes their side. It's time they know the truth about us!"''
20	-->--'''Killmonger''', ''Film/BlackPanther2018''
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22	->''"Now, this bomb is armed! This bomb is mobile! And the identity of the triggerman is a mystery. For one of you holds the detonator! And we came here not as conquerors, but as liberators to return control of this city to the people. And at the first sign of interference from the outside world, or for those people attempting to flee, this anonymous Gothamite - this unsung hero - will trigger the bomb. For now, martial law is in effect. Return to your homes, hold your families close, and wait. Tomorrow you claim what is rightfully yours!"''
23	-->--'''Bane''', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''
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25	->'''John H. Mallory''': Well, your country's also Huerta, the governor, the landlords... Günther Ruiz and his locusts... this little revolution we're having here.\
26	'''Juan Miranda''': [alert] A revolution? "Little revolution"? Please, don't try to tell me about revolution! I know all about the revolutions and how they start! The people that read the books, they go to the people that don't read the books, and say "Ho-ho! The time has come to have a change, eh?"\
27	'''John H. Mallory''': Shhhh...\
28	'''Juan Miranda''': [mimicking John] Sh, sh, sh, sh, sh, SHIT, SHUSH! I know what I am talking about when I am talking about revolutions! The people who read the books go to the people who can't read the books, the poor people, and say, "We have to have a change." So, the poor people make the change, ah? And then, the people who read the books, they all sit around the big polished tables, and they talk and talk and talk and eat and eat and eat, eh? But what has happened to the poor people? THEY ARE DEAD! That's your revolution! Sh... so, please... don't tell me about revolutions. And what happens afterwards? The same fucking thing starts all over again!
29	-->--''Film/AFistfulOfDynamite''
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31	->The appalling thing about fascism is that you've got to use fascist methods to get rid of it. We've all got a bit of it in us, and it doesn't take a lot to bring it to the surface.
32	-->-- '''Doctor Fletcher''', ''Film/ItHappenedHere''
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34	->'''Martin Luther''': ''You think [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim this is my work]]?! This is '''never''' my work!''\
35	'''Spalatin in [[TorchesAndPitchforks Mob]]''': No...it's the people's work!\
36	'''Martin''': ''The'' people's work?\
37	'''Mob''': (''[[ShamingTheMob falls silent]]'')
38	-->--''Luther''
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40	->"You want perfection, or nothing. The revolution was never perfect. We fight because we believe, we leave because we are disillusioned, [[KnightInSourArmor we return because we are lost, we die because we are committed]]."
41	-->-- '''Captain Jesus Raza''', ''Film/TheProfessionals''
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43	->It's easy to know what you are against, but quite another to know what you are for.
44	-->--'''Damien O'Donovan''', ''Film/TheWindThatShakesTheBarley''
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47	[[folder:Literature]]
48	->It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies [[TheRemnant all those who have done well under the old conditions]], [[NotInThisForYourRevolution and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new]]. This coolness arises partly [[LawfulEvil from fear of the opponents, who have the laws on their side]], and partly from [[ItWillNeverCatchOn the incredulity of men]], who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them.
49	-->-- '''Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli''', ''Literature/ThePrince''
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51	->We are different from all the oligarchies of the past, in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just round the corner there lay [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans a paradise where human beings would be free and equal]]. We are not like that. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.
52	-->--'''O'Brien''', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''
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54	-> You lacked the vision that would have shown you that God did not create men equals. Well, you are in case to-night to judge which of us was right, which wrong. You see what is happening here in Paris. You see the foul spectre of Anarchy stalking through a land fallen into confusion. Probably you have enough imagination to conceive something of what must follow. And do you deceive yourself that out of this filth and ruin there will rise up an ideal form of society?
55	-->--''Literature/{{Scaramouche}}'', set at the time of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution
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58	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
59	->Which "side" are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We're evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go.
60	-->--'''Colonel Saul Tigh''' of the New Caprican Resistance, ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|2003}}''.
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62	->'''Blake''': I meant what I said on Goth, Avon. We are not going to use [[MasterComputer Star One]] to rule the Federation. We are going to destroy it.\
63	'''Avon''': I never doubted that. I never doubted your fanaticism. As far as I am concerned, you can destroy whatever you like. You can stir up a thousand revolutions. You can wade in blood up to your armpits. Oh, and you can lead the rabble to victory, whatever that might mean. Just so long as there is an end to it.
64	-->--''Series/BlakesSeven''
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67	[[folder:Music]]
68	->''You picked a fight\
69	I pick dynamite''
70	-->--"I Blew Up the Clinic Real Good", '''Music/SteveTaylor'''
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72	->''I raise my flag and dye my clothes\
73	It's a revolution, I suppose\
74	We're [[PaintTheTownRed painted red]] to fit right in''
75	-->--''Music/ImagineDragons'', '''Radioactive'''
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77	->''You say you want a revolution\
78	Well, you know, we all want to change the world\
79	But when you talk about destruction,\
80	Don't you know that [[DefectorFromDecadence you can count me out]]''
81	-->--"Revolution", '''Music/JohnLennon'''
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83	->''You talk of overthrowing power with violence as your tool\
84	You speak of liberation and when the people rule\
85	Well ain't it people rule right now, what difference would there be?\
86	Just another set of bigots with their rifle-sights on me''
87	-->--"Bloody Revolutions", '''Crass'''.
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90	[[folder:Stand-up Comedy]]
91	->Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do ''freedom'' fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?
92	-->--'''Creator/GeorgeCarlin'''
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95	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
96	->[[RebelLeader Patricia]] soon realized that the inner light which once inspired the peasants had ignited into a raging fire of frenzy. Her followers no longer drew inspiration from her. The only example she set was revenge, and only bullies responded favorably.
97	-->--''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Children of the Inquisition''
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99	->Most folk suppress their rebellious urges, or channel them through fashion or song. A few, however, lash out. Churches burn. Lords are slain. Altars are desecrated and holy rites are turned upside-down to mock their sanctity. Of all [[EvilSorcerer the souls on the Path of Screams]], the most vigorous ones turn to the Darkness because the light seems so totally corrupt. When order serves no purpose other than the fatting of the rich, they say, then order should be overturned.
100	-->--''[[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade]] - Infernalism''
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103	[[folder:Video Games]]
104	-> '''Miranda:''' Baraki, you, did you help with the terrorist attack on Takeshita Street?
105	-> '''Naitou:''' Revolutions are built on sacrifice.
106	-> '''Miranda:''' I can't believe you; you're trying to justify murder!
107	-> '''Naitou:''' I don't mean to justify it, only to say that we are one step closer to achieving our beliefs.
108	-> '''Miranda:''' Beliefs? You think murder will get you your beliefs?
109	-->--''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiNINE''
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111	-> In a revolution, blood must be spilled.
112	-->--'''The Old King''', ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreForAnswer''
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114	->You see, The Founders ain't nothing but weeds: Cut'em down, they'll just grow back. If you wanna get rid of the weed, [[WouldHurtAChild you got to pull it up from the root.]]
115	-->--'''Daisy Fitzroy''', ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite''
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117	->'''Wynne:''' Fighting for what you believe is commendable, but the ends do not always justify the means.\
118	'''Blood Mage:''' You don’t really believe that, do you, Wynne? Change rarely comes peacefully. Andraste waged war on the Imperium; she didn’t write them a [[StronglyWordedLetter strongly worded letter.]] She reshaped civilization, freed the slaves, and gave us the Chantry. But people died for it.
119	-->-- ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''
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121	->Crush the old order and create a new society!
122	-->--'''Red Suit''', ''VideoGame/ElevatorActionReturns''
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124	->DIE! DIE! DIE!
125	-->-- Every other '''Rebel Soldier''', ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII''
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127	->For thousands of Megacycles, the High Council and the so-called Elites of Cybertron repressed freedom to such an extent that it seemed the entirety of Cybertronian society was crushing down on the backs of the individual. In response to such a circumstance, Revolution is not only inevitable; it is beautiful.
128	-->-- '''Onslaught''', ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron''
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130	->The Settlement Defense Front built an army and broke away from the Earth with blood and violence. They aren't revolutionaries. They want absolute power. They raid colonies, take resources, and control territories by force. They use their fleet to block us from raw materials we need to survive. Their mission is to erase everything Earth born. Today, the SDF is a war machine, ruled by its military. If a leader united that force... They would mobilize, and try to take our homeland.
131	-->-- '''Nick Reyes''', ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyInfiniteWarfare''
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135	->I am the path to reclamation\
136	This world will have no peace till our dream's realized\
137	No mercy, no compassion, our fate's justified\
138	[[FullCircleRevolution Time to turn the table on who's tyrannized!]]
139	-->--''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK6QlhUqxk4 Lionized]]'''
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143	->Usually, what happens is that, in the case of the Russian Civil War and the Cuban Revolution, the reactionary faction in power is brutal and uses atrocious methods to eliminate the rebel threat like torture. The rebels are then forced to become just as bad if they want to secure victory. Violence breeds violence.
144	-->--'''[[http://metagearsolid.org/2015/01/big-boss-as-che-guevara/ Alexander Sylazhov]]''', "[[VideoGame/MetalGear Big Boss]] as UsefulNotes/CheGuevara"
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146	->According to official UsefulNotes/{{North Korea}}n mythology, Kim Il Sung, the 'Great Leader,' is immortal, arose from the grave to be with us forever, and lives in the hearts of every Korean, who all bubble over with intense love and adoration toward Him, [[BlahBlahBlah et cetera, et cetera, et cetera]]. According to everyone else, he was a failed guerrilla leader who spent much of WWII unsuccessfully attempting to free Korea from the iron fist of the Japanese so it could be seized by the iron fist of Kim Il Sung instead.
147	-->--'''''Rational Wiki'''''
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149	->''[[TheNewTens Our]] [[TheNineties own]] [[TheNoughties age]] can fairly be called a post-revolutionary one. [[TheEighties In 1989]], the former dissidents who took power in Central and Eastern Europe [[CallARabbitASmeerp mostly refused to call themselves]] “revolutionaries.” Writing in a French newspaper that year, the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the Polish Solidarity leader Jacek Kuron explained soberly that revolutions were not things to be celebrated, because they shed too much blood. Germans deliberately called the collapse of East Germany “die Wende”—“the change”—not “the revolution.” As human rights have assumed a greater importance than ever before in international politics, with violations reported instantaneously, world-wide, world opinion has become far less tolerant than it once was of revolutionary excesses.''
150	-->-- '''[[http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/02/bernie-sanders-revolution-donald-trump-2016-213684 David A. Bell]]'''
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153	[[folder:Western Animation]]
154	->But in war, ideals can be corrupted, and it was thus that [[FallenHero Megatron]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters lost his way]].
155	-->-- '''Optimus Prime''', ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''
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157	->So we made it to the plane\
158	And escaped the Cromanian leader\
159	All the women are now in charge\
160	But they're not great either\
161	They murdered all the men\
162	We think they overdid it\
163	But after all they went through\
164	I guess we kinda get it
165	-->--''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', "Men Rock"
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168	[[folder:Real Life]]
169	->The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope into excesses]].
170	-->--'''UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton'''
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172	->The Frenchman came to remove our fetters. But he [[{{Plunder}} took our boots]] instead.
173	-->--Polish peasants in the path of UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, from ''1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow'' by Adam Zamoyski.
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175	->To destroy that enemy, by some means or other, the force opposed to it should be made to bear [[HeWhoFightsMonsters some analogy and resemblance]] to the force and spirit which that system exerts.
176	-->--'''Edmund Burke''' on the Jacobins
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178	->We shall distinguish in [[UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre Robespierre]] two men, apostle of liberty, and Robespierre the most infamous of tyrants.
179	-->--'''Gracchus Babeuf'''
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181	->The vessel of Revolution can arrive at port only on a sea reddened by torrents of blood.
182	-->-- '''Louis Antoine de Saint-Just'''
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184	->If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him in absolute power, within a year he would be [[FullCircleRevolution worse than the Tsar himself]].
185	-->--'''Mikhail Bakunin'''
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187	->A few years from now, I told him, perhaps others would be killing each other for anti-nationalist ideals. Then they would laugh at our own killings just as we had laughed at the Byzantines. These others would indulge in mutual slaughter with the same enthusiasm, though [[HistoryRepeats their ideals were new]]. Warfare under the entirely fresh banners would be just as disgraceful as always. They might even rip each others' guts out then with religious zeal, claiming that they were '[[KnightTemplar fighting to end all fighting.]]' But they took would be followed by still others who would laugh at them with the same gusto.
188	-->--'''Stratis Myrivilis''', ''Life in the Tomb''
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190	->Revolution is not a dinner party, nor an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of 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.
191	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/MaoZedong''', ''Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan''
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193	->[[Creator/KarlMarx Marx]] and [[UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin Lenin]] have taught us that anything is ethical, so long as it is in the interest of the proletarian class and its world revolution.
194	-->--'''Nicolae Ceaușescu'''
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196	->Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
197	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy'''
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199	->The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.
200	-->--'''Aldous Huxley'''
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202	->I do say that I am in favor of the return of the guillotine and that is for the worst of the worst of the guilty. I first would allow the guilty bankers to pay, you know, the ability to pay back anything over $100 million [sic] personal wealth because I believe in a maximum wage of $100 million. And if they are unable to live on that amount of that amount then they should, y'know, go to the reeducation camps and if that doesn’t help, then being beheaded.
203	-->--'''[[{{Series/Roseanne}} Roseanne Barr]]'''
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205	->They don't read the "''Fortune 500''" and [[BatDeduction put together an analysis of what's really going on]] in the world, all they've had rammed to their heads is, ''"The Federal Government's your enemy."''
206	-->--'''Noam Chomsky''' on the militia movement
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208	->The New Left not only have no blueprint, they don’t want a blueprint. [[IndyPloy Let’s just see what happens]], they say. Well, I can tell them what will happen: first anarchy, then dictatorship. They are rich in [[Creator/ThomasPaine Tom Paines]], but they have no UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson.
209	-->--'''Creator/GoreVidal''', ''Playboy'' 1969
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211	->You cannot make a revolution in white gloves.
212	-->--'''Vladimir Lenin'''
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214	->My understanding of the Middle East leads me to conclude that the west should not be too happy. It will bring enormous problems to American interest. It is called "Arab Spring" for now, and I guess it will soon turn to be the winter for the Middle East.
215	-->--'''Zhang Weiwei''', [[{{Foreshadowing}} predicting in 2011]] that overthrowing the dictatorships in UsefulNotes/TheArabSpring would give way to even more authoritarian and extremist regimes.
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