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

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.

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.

Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.

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.

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

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

The only justification of rebellion is success.