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Kim Stanley Robinson on Revolution

born 1952 United States

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Revolution suspends habit as well as law. But just as nature abhors a vacuum, people abhor anarchy.

Green Mars (1993)

After every revolution there is an interregnum, in which communities run themselves and all is well, and then the new regime comes in and screws things up.

Blue Mars (1996)

“It’s kind of scary,” Art remarked to Nadia. “Win a revolution and a bunch of lawyers pop out of the woodwork.”
“Always.”

Blue Mars (1996)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kim Stanley Robinson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.