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Georg Büchner on Revolution

1813–1837 Germany

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Revolution is like the daughters of Pelias: it cuts humanity to pieces in order to rejuvenate it.

Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)

Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave.

Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)

Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.

Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)

We have not made the Revolution, the Revolution has made us.

Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Georg Büchner (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.