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> # You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.

[Joseph Stalin](https://quotesby.net/Joseph-Stalin)\#36

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## About this quote

What does it mean?Revolutionary change requires force and ruthlessness.In plain termsChanging things completely needs hard force.What can you take from it?Drastic change demands harsh measures.

### Where it applies

- political upheaval
- social movements
- corporate restructuring

### Putting it to work

- Prepare for resistance
- Commit to necessary costs

### Questions to consider

- Is violence ever necessary for change?
- What defines a revolution?

### Another view

It justifies violence as the only option.

## More from Joseph Stalin

1. > When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope.

[Permalink to quote \#35](https://quotesby.net/Joseph-Stalin/35/ "Permalink to quote 35")
2. > He Can't even do that right.

[Permalink to quote \#37](https://quotesby.net/Joseph-Stalin/37/ "Permalink to quote 37")
3. > Quantity is quality

[Permalink to quote \#34](https://quotesby.net/Joseph-Stalin/34/ "Permalink to quote 34")

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