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

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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

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.

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

The only justification of rebellion is success.

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

Revolutionaries are greater sticklers for formality than conservatives.

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