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:

    “Every revolution was first a thought in one man’s mind, and when the same thought occurs in another man, it is the key to that era.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “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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