Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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.

Rebellion is no less a sin than divination.

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

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

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.

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

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

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.

The only justification of rebellion is success.