Quotes by Buckle, Henry Thomas

Men are made uneasy; they flinch; they cannot bear the sudden light; a >>

Quotations about Revolutions and Revolutionaries

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Men are made uneasy; they flinch; they cannot bear the sudden light; a general restlessness supervenes; the face of society is disturbed, or perhaps convulsed; old interests and old beliefs have been destroyed before new ones have been created. These symptoms are the precursors of revolution; they have preceded all the great changes through which the world has passed.

Buckle, Henry Thomas