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:
Read more about Revolution.
Famous quotes containing the word revolution:
“Every revolution was first a thought in one mans mind, and when the same thought occurs in another man, it is the key to that era.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“Talk of Columbus and Newton! I tell you the child just born in yonder hovel is the beginning of a revolution as great as theirs. But you must have the believing and prophetic eye.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“Rugged, mountainous, volcanic, he was himself more a French revolution than any of his volumes.”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)