Make the revolution a parent of settlement and not a nursery of future revolutions.

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made—through disobedience and through rebellion.

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

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.

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

All revolutions devour their own children.

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

Revolution begins in putting on bright colors.

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.