Revolution
The overthrow or radical change of a political or social order.
Works to read
- The Burke-Paine Debate on the French Revolution by Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine, 1790-1791
- Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke, 1790
- The Old Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville, 1856
- The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela, 1915
- The Science of Right by Immanuel Kant, 1797 · Great Books
- Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare, c. 1591 · Great Books
- Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, 1613 · Great Books
- Animal Farm by George Orwell, 1945 · Great Books
- The Jewish War by Flavius Josephus, c. 75 CE
- Jewish Antiquities by Flavius Josephus, c. 93-94 CE
- Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare, c. 1596-97 (published 1598)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, 1905
Passages
The Revolution, like Saturn, is devouring its own children
— Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
The invention of printing is the greatest event in history. It is the mother of revolution.
— Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris)
It is time to effect a revolution in female manners, time to restore to them their lost dignity
— Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
First love is like a revolution; the uniformly regular routine of ordered life is broken down and shattered in one instant
— Ivan Turgenev, The Torrents of Spring
Never was there exhibited in the history of the world higher examples of noble daring, dreadful suffering, and heroic endurance, than by the whigs of Carolina during the revolution.
— Robert Y. Hayne, Hayne's Reply to Webster (Speech on Foot's Resolution)
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