Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.
—James Howell, 1659
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All revolutions devour their own children.
—Ernst Röhm, 1933The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1983Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.
—Pierre Boulez, 1989Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1776To cast aside obedience, and by popular violence to incite revolt, is treason, not against man only, but against God.
—Pope Leo XIII, 1885Revolutions are not about trifles, but they are produced by trifles.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCThe spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.
—François Guizot, 1830Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
—John F. Kennedy, 1962