The only justification of rebellion is success.
—Thomas B. Reed, 1878
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Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1871Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1776The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.
—François Guizot, 1830Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 63 BCRevolutions are not about trifles, but they are produced by trifles.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCIf not us, who? If not now, when?
—Czech slogan, 1989The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.
—Victor Hugo, 1862Rebellion is no less a sin than divination.
—Book of Samuel, c. 550 BC