Revolutions are not about trifles, but they are produced by trifles. 

There is a kind of revolution of so general a character that it changes the mental tastes as well as the fortunes of the world.

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

All revolutions devour their own children.

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

If there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged.

I began revolution with eighty-two men. If I had to do it again, I do it with ten or fifteen and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

Those who give the first shock to a state are the first overwhelmed in its ruin; the fruits of public commotion are seldom enjoyed by him who was the first mover; he only beats the water for another’s net.

Revolution begins in putting on bright colors.

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made—through disobedience and through rebellion.

Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.

The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.

And then, sir, there is this consideration: that if the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up and, claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.