Revolution

Revolution

A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turn around") is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time. Aristotle described two types of political revolution:

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Famous quotes containing the word revolution:

    “It is said that when manners are licentious, a revolution is always near: the virtue of woman being the main girth and bandage of society; because a man will not lay up an estate for children any longer than whilst he believes them to be his own.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The Husband of To-Day ever considers his wife but as a portion of his my-ship.
    Nominative I.
    Possessive My, or Mine.
    Objective Me.
    This is the grammar known to the Husband of To-Day.”
    —Anonymous, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. The Revolution (June 24, 1869)

    “The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man ... not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.”
    —Jean Genet (1910–1986)