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Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.
Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.
Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
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- Hannah Arendt
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- Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
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