Revolutions spring not from accident, but from necessity. A revolution…

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Revolutions spring not from accident, but from necessity. A revolution is a return from the factitious to the real. It takes place because it must. ✨ Victor Hugo (2007). Hugo's Works: Les Miserables (St. Denis), p.20, Wildside Press LLC
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