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.

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.

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.

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

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

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous. 

An oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.