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

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.

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.

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny, they have only shifted it to another shoulder.

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

Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.

Revolutionaries are greater sticklers for formality than conservatives.

All revolutions devour their own children.

To escape its wretched lot, the populace has three ways, two imaginary and one real. The first two are the rum shop and the church; the third is the social revolution.

If not us, who? If not now, when?

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

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.

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