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.

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.

The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry
on!

The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry
on!

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.

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.]

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, read more

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives

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

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.]

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it read more

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution