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I've looked all over the place, and i can't find out who said this

anybody have any ideas

It's from a Badfinger song...

There's no good revolution
Just power changing hands
There is no straight solution
Except to understand
~"Perfection," Pete Ham
Badfinger, "Straight Up" (1971 or 1972)
http://starling.rinet.ru/music/temp/badfinger.html
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http://www.angelfire.com/nv/Badfinger/S ... ction.html

The only complete revolution is a world revolution. And if we wish to defeat the historical pattern of revolution, "power changing hands," we must all-top to bottom-be united in a common cause.
~a.j. lozier "Random Notes from the Soul"
http://www.misterridiculous.com/columns/ajlozier.html