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

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 main object of a revolution is the liberation of man, not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.

And then, sir, there is this consideration: that if the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up and, claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.

I began revolution with eighty-two men. If I had to do it again, I do it with ten or fifteen and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

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

The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.

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.