Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and read more

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream

Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for
established institutions as well as those who are too read more

Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for
established institutions as well as those who are too good for
them.

Shoot Walter! Shoot like it was the devil.

Shoot Walter! Shoot like it was the devil.

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

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

I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has
been stopped; but when I die it read more

I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has
been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its
course.
[Fr., Je suis le signet qui marque la page ou la revolution s'est
arretee; mais quand je serai mort, elle tournera le feuillet et
reprendra sa marche.]

Revolutions are not trifles, but spring from trifles.

Revolutions are not trifles, but spring from trifles.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Let me think... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?

Let me think... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?

It is not a revolt, it is a revolution.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.]

It is not a revolt, it is a revolution.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas une revolte, c'est une revolution.]