Early on, he realized that revolutions don’t require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brushfires in people’s minds.
Diane Ackerman on Samuel Adams (“The Man Who Made a Revolution,” Parade, September 6, 1987), in a quote variants of which are often misattributed to Sam Adams.
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