"Eine Revolution ist gewiß das autoritärste Ding, das es gibt; sie ist der Akt, durch den ein Teil der Bevölkerung dem anderen Teil seinen Willen vermittels Gewehren, Bajonetten und Kanonen, also mit denkbar autoritärsten Mitteln aufzwingt; und die siegreiche Partei muß, wenn sie nicht umsonst gekämpft haben will, dieser Herrschaft Dauer verleihen durch den Schrecken, den ihre Waffen den Reaktionären einflößen."
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Friedrich Engels, Von der Autorität, 1874
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