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

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

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

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

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.

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.

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