“Science is based not on faith but in skeptism”

“Science is based not on faith but in skeptism”

“These revolutions are born of hope, and their philosophies are formally optimistic.”

“It is almost safe to say that no government is likely to be overthrown until it loses the ability to make adequate use of its military.”

“They became actual revolutions instead of mere discussions, complaints and rioting, only after revolutionists had beaten, or won over, the armed forces of the government”

“Second we find in our prerevolutionary society definite and indeed very bitter class antagonisms, though these antagonisms seem rather more complicated than the cruder Marxists will allow.”

“Science is based not on faith but in skeptism”

“The difference between force and persuation is a subtile one not to be drawn by formulas, by force, by science, or textbooks but by men skilled in the art of ruling”