The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.

Revolutionaries are greater sticklers for formality than conservatives.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.

Rebellion is no less a sin than divination.

Insurgents are like conquerors: they must go forward; the moment they are stopped, they are lost.

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

An oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.

All revolutions devour their own children.

I have been ever of the opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

To cast aside obedience, and by popular violence to incite revolt, is treason, not against man only, but against God.

Revolutions are always verbose.

Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous. 

In revolutions men fall and rise. Long before this war is over, much as you hear me praised now, you may hear me cursed and insulted.