Quote #27

You said, 'They're harmless dreamers and they're loved by the people.' - 'What,' I asked you, 'is harmless about a dreamer, and what,' I asked you, 'is harmless about the love of the people? - Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember their dreams.'

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