Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.

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.

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

Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous. 

The only justification of rebellion is success.

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

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.

Revolutionaries are greater sticklers for formality than conservatives.

And then, sir, there is this consideration: that if the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up and, claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.