Revolution (n.) is when the old and the new stand side by side, and admit of being compared... when the energies of all men are searched by fear and by hope... when the historic glories of the old can be compensated by the rich possibilities of the new era.
Revolution (n.) is, in every instance, first a thought in one man's mind.
Revolution (n.) is first a thought in one man's mind... and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era..
A Revolution (n.) never goes backwards.
A Revolution (n.) is not to be feared, though it will constrain you to live five years in one.