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.

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

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.

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.

Every revolution by force only puts more violent means of enslavement into the hands of the persons in power.

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

If there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged.

The only justification of rebellion is success.

Revolution begins in putting on bright colors.