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

Rebellion is no less a sin than divination.

All revolutions devour their own children.

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.

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

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.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

To escape its wretched lot, the populace has three ways, two imaginary and one real. The first two are the rum shop and the church; the third is the social revolution.