The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.

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.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

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

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

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

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 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.]

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less read more

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.

O God! that one might read the book of fate,
And see the revolution of the times
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O God! that one might read the book of fate,
And see the revolution of the times
Make mountains level. and the continent,
Weary of solid firmness, melt itself
Into the sea!