On Revolution

“An oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.”

“To escape its wretched lot, the populace has three ways, two imaginary and one real. The first two are the rum shop and the church; the third is the social revolution.”

“Every revolution by force only puts more violent means of enslavement into the hands of the persons in power.”

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

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

“The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.”