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

All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door. The violence of revolutions is the violence of men who charge into a vacuum.

Revolutionaries are greater sticklers for formality than conservatives.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The only justification of rebellion is success.

Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.

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

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