Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

Germaine Greer

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Topic

Revolution Politics

Author

Germaine Greer

Source

The Female Eunuch

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Feminist Writer

From

Australia Oceania

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Citation

Greer, Germaine. The Female Eunuch. MacGibbon & Kee, 1970.

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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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John Kenneth Galbraith
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The Age of Uncertainty
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1977 1970s 20th century
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Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Age of Uncertainty. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1977, ch. 12.

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Democracy passes into despotism.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

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Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.