All men recognize the right of revolution, that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable.

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

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.

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

All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door. The violence of revolutions is the violence of men who charge into a vacuum.

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.

Revolution begins in putting on bright colors.

Revolutions are always verbose.

Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.

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

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

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

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.