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.

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

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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

No one makes a revolution by himself, and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes without quite knowing how, because it is everybody who takes them in hand.

Revolutions are always verbose.

All revolutions devour their own children.

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