Revolution Betrayed

Famous quotes containing the words revolution and/or betrayed:

“If the tax-gatherer, or any other public officer, asks me, as one has done, “But what shall I do?” my answer is, “If you really wish to do anything, resign your office.” When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned his office, then the revolution is accomplished.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“I am fourteen
and my skin has betrayed me
the boy I cannot live without
still sucks his thumb
in secret”
—Audre Lorde (b. 1934)