Jean Jaures quotes
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“Revolutions can no longer be achieved by minorities. No matter how energetic and intelligent a minority may be, it is not enough, in modern times at least, to make a revolution. The cooperation of a majority, and a large majority too, is needed.”
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“Take from the altars of the past the fire - not the ashes.”
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“Violence is the sign of temporary weakness.”
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“Tradition does not mean to look after the ash, but to keep the flame alive.”
-- Jean Jaures -
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“We can take from the past its fires, and not its ashes.”
-- Jean Jaures
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Source : "The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939". Book by A. J. P. Taylor, "The Radical Tradition: Fox, Paine, and Cobbett", p. 14, 1957.
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Source : "The Meaning of Life and Other Essays" by A.J. Ayer, ("The Meaning of Life"), 1990.
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“The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.”
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