Wilfrid Sheed Quote

The desire not to destroy the palace but to move into it oneself has always been the occupational curse of revolutionaries.


"Writers' Politics" (1971), p. 66 - The Good Word & Other Words (1978)


The desire not to destroy the palace but to move into it oneself has always been the occupational curse of revolutionaries.

The desire not to destroy the palace but to move into it oneself has always been the occupational curse of revolutionaries.

The desire not to destroy the palace but to move into it oneself has always been the occupational curse of revolutionaries.

The desire not to destroy the palace but to move into it oneself has always been the occupational curse of revolutionaries.