Avoid revolution or expect to get shot. Mother and I will
grieve, but we will gladly buy a dinner read more

Avoid revolution or expect to get shot. Mother and I will
grieve, but we will gladly buy a dinner for the National
Guardsman who shot you.

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to read more

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.

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.

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.]

I have not yet begun to fight.

I have not yet begun to fight.

I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go
backwards.

I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go
backwards.

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

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of
power.

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of
power.

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.