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

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.

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

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

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

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

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.

Rebellion is no less a sin than divination.

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

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

Revolution begins in putting on bright colors.