“I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
“Know the rules if you want to break them.”
Octav Druta
“Those who seek that third option, who step above prejudice, who excite others to challenge the boundaries of society for the advancement and progression of humanity and rattle the status quo.... we tend to kill off.”
Marcus Gonzales
“People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo”
Max Eastman
“We really, really set out this week to not overthrow the deep ball.”
Troy Smith
“Scores of Iraqi exiles met in London to discuss ways to overthrow Saddam Hussein in a grand gathering dubbed the 'Iraqi Military Alliance Meeting.' Of course, these people are no longer Iraqi, they have no military, and there is no alliance. But they did have a meeting.”
Jon Stewart
“From 1945 to the end of the century, the United States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements struggling against intolerable regimes. . . . In the process, the US caused the end of life for several million people, and condemned many millions more to a life of agony and despair.”
William Blum
