Revolutions never go backward.

There is a kind of revolution of so general a character that it changes the mental tastes as well as the fortunes of the world.

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

Revolutions are not about trifles, but they are produced by trifles. 

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

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

Every revolution by force only puts more violent means of enslavement into the hands of the persons in power.

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

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.