Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Revolutionaries are greater sticklers for formality than conservatives.

If not us, who? If not now, when?

The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.

All revolutions devour their own children.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

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.

Revolutions are always verbose.