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...military's role in the revolution. We mounted a military revolt against President Marcos. The people supported us, as we expected. The leaders of the opposition were not there; they only appeared on the last day. At that point we had complete control of the republic's military organization, except for a few units. President Marcos was already dealing with us. He was not dealing with the opposition. We could have effectively run the country at that point. In fact, we were exercising governmental powers. Only then did they (the opposition) appear at our camp. We readily and willingly transferred...
...become more ominous. Three days after Enrile led the chanting anti-Aquino crowd, he was joined in his attacks by Vice President Salvador Laurel, who sided with Enrile against the President in a Cabinet dispute over when the next presidential election should be held. With Enrile headed toward open revolt and Laurel fast on his heels, nervous questions began to emerge about the future of Aquino's eight-month-old government. Is it coming apart at the seams? Or is the Philippines enjoying a feisty demonstration of democracy in action...
...revolution is neither ubiquitous nor permanent. We need, therefore, something beyond poverty and misery to explain why there is revolt in some places and not others. This takes us out of the realm of what is usually meant by root causes, to culture, history, revolutionary leadership, foreign sponsorship and other presumably contingent causes...
...these days there will be a true tax revolt, and it is going to come from suburbia...
Both said modern scholars' access to data has destroyed the previous generation's interpretation of the American Revolution as a revolt of the oppressed against a Tory elite...