Revolutions never go backward.

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

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.

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

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

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

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