The moment a revolution becomes a government, it necessarily sets to work to exterminate revolutionists. … I certainly laughed at the Soviet for setting up a museum in Moscow to glorify revolution. For when the revolution triumphs, revolution becomes counter-revolution.

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) British playwright and critic
“Touring in Russia,” Nash’s Magazine (Jan-Feb 1932)

 
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