The only justification of rebellion is success.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny, they have only shifted it to another shoulder.

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.

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

To cast aside obedience, and by popular violence to incite revolt, is treason, not against man only, but against God.

Rebellion is no less a sin than divination.

Revolution begins in putting on bright colors.

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.