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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    “Years were not required for a revolution of public opinion; days, nay hours, produced marked changes in this case.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

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