Rebellion is no less a sin than divination.

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

The only justification of rebellion is success.

Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous. 

The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man, not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.

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.

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

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

Revolutions are always verbose.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

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.

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

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