The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man, not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.

Governments are not overthrown by the poor, who have no power, but by the rich—when they are insulted by their inferiors and cannot obtain justice.

Revolutions are always verbose.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Revolutions never go backward.

Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.

Revolution begins in putting on bright colors.

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

An oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.