The only justification of rebellion is success.

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

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous. 

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

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