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

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

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

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.

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.

Revolution is not a dinner party.

Revolution is not a dinner party.

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 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.

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!

Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.

Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.