The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.

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

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

The only justification of rebellion is success.

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.

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

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.

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.

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

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

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

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