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At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned.
At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned.
 Georges Danton

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Many sports, not just football, have kind of the macho meathead mentality where innovation is almost frowned upon.
 Lawrence Jackson
This is ideological colonization. They colonize people with ideas that try to change mentalities or structures, but this is not new. This was done by the dictatorships of the last century.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has.
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
 Henri Bergson

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The most striking characters are sometimes the product of an infinity of little accidents.
 Georges Danton
Nature has cast but two men in the mould of statesmen,--myself and Mirabeau. After that she broke the mould.
 Georges Danton
To conquer [our enemies] we must dare, and dare again, and dare for ever; and thus will France be saved
 Georges Danton
One must never compromise with tyrants. One can only strike at kings through the head. Nothing can be expected from European kings except by force of arms. I vote for the death of the tyrant.
 Georges Danton
You [Robespierre] will follow us soon. Your house will be beaten down and salt sown in the place where it stood.
 Georges Danton