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:

    “There is a tendency in things to right themselves, and the war or revolution or bankruptcy that shatters rotten system, allows things to take a new and natural order.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

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    —Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965)

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