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

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

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.

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

Rebellion is no less a sin than divination.

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

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

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

All men recognize the right of revolution, that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable.

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

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 only justification of rebellion is success.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.