Unjust social orders do no fall merely by appeals to the consciences of the oppressor, though such appeals may be an important element; history teaches us that they fall because a large enough number of people organize a movement powerful enough to push them down. Rarely do such revolutions emerge in a neat and morally pristine process. Timothy B. Tyson
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The history of a country is a history of revolutions. From the French Revolution to the Civil Rights Movement, it seems that all successful revolutions have followed the same general pattern. First, people organize themselves into an opposition movement, then they fight for their rights, and finally they impose their new order on the old one.

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