"Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution?"

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Source : Maximilien Robespierre (2007). “Virtue and Terror”, New Left Books

Maximilien Robespierre

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“The real technology -behind all our other technologies- is language. It actually creates the world our consciousness lives in.”
“In all honesty, I think I just played what I felt was right for me. And I think I would have done the same thing, even if I'd been born later, when Charlie Parker was influencing everybody. The truth is, I never gave it much thought. I just played what I had to play.”
“Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force.”

Source : Flavius Josephus (1999). “The New Complete Works of Josephus”, p.24, Kregel Academic
“If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.”
“There’s always going to be ups and downs in life and it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t feel the pain. Pain is good. It makes you stronger in time. You will realize how great the ‘great’ really is. Life is about ups and downs. You just have to be able to ride the waves.”
“A lot of great thinkers- like Einstein and Newton- come up with their best ideas when they're young because they don't yet think in the way that the establishment teaches them. Sometimes your lack of knowledge frees your mind to be creative and think in a different way. But you still have to be logical and figure out a practical way to get things done, even though you're looking at things differently.”
“I have a couple of questions," he said. "Do, please, go ahead." "My first one is for Yassen Gregorovich." He turned to the Russian. "Why are you working for this lunatic?" "I sometimes think that I was richer when I was eight years old than most people will be in their lifetime!" "Do we have to listen to this?" Alex asked.”
“We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs.”

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