Synonyms for French Revolution
french rev·o·lu·tion

Princeton's WordNet

1. French Revolutionnoun

   the revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799

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1. Kevin Flanagan:

   This is Ukraine's War of Independence; this is Ukraine's French Revolution; this is Ukraine's Tiananmen Square, and everybody should be paying attention to what's happening in Ukraine right now because this is beyond politics, this is about an idea the small nations have the right to be free too.

2. Ahmad F. Hedayat:

   The whole world desperately needs a French revolution, immediately.

3. Charles Caleb Colton:

   The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.

4. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls:

   Without the Jews, France is no longer France. It's the oldest community. They have been French citizens since the French revolution.

5. Benjamin Disraeli:

   It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired the crusades; that instituted the monastic orders; it was not reason that produced the Jesuits; above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.