Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting-stone of ideas. - Bhagat Singh

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Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting-stone of ideas.

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About Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh (Punjabi: ਭਗਤ ਸਿੰਘ , IPA: [pə̀ɡət̪ sɪ́ŋɡ]) (28 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian freedom fighter, considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement.

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Native Name: ਭਗਤ ਸਿੰਘ
Alternative Names: Shaheed Bhagat Singh

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Revolution did not necessarily involve sanguinary strife. It was not a cult of bomb and pistol. They may sometimes be mere means for its achievement. No doubt they play a prominent part in some movements, but they do not — for that very reason — become one and the same thing. A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end. The sense in which the word Revolution is used in that phrase, is the spirit, the longing for a change for the better. The people generally get accustomed to the established order of things and begin to tremble at the very idea of a change. It is this lethargical spirit that needs be replaced by the revolutionary spirit. Otherwise degeneration gains the upper hand and the whole humanity is led stray by the reactionary forces. Such a state of affairs leads to stagnation and paralysis in human progress. The spirit of Revolution should always permeate the soul of humanity, so that the reactionary forces may not accumulate to check its eternal onward march. Old order should change, always and ever, yielding place to new, so that one “good” order may not corrupt the world. It is in this sense that we raise the shout “Long Live Revolution.”

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