It's the occasion that makes the revolution.

For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any indulgence. I dearly wished that it would keep going without hesitation or deviation, in a spirit of purity forever.

Revolutions are never peaceful.

The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them.

Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly, and modestly.

Revolutionary war is an antitoxin which not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth.

A revolution does not march a straight line. It wanders where it can, retreats before superior forces, advances wherever it has room, attacks whenever the enemy retreats or bluffs, and above all, is possessed of enormous patience.

Revolution is a drama of passion. We did not win the people over by appealing to reason but by developing hope, trust, fraternity.

You who demand power! Do you not know that even your greatest demonstration of authority can not take away the dream of the people? To suddenly lose a dream just within grasp, does not destroy the will of the people, but drives it deeper into the soul... .

It is the Revolution, the magical word, the word that is going to change everything, that is going to bring us immense delight and a quick death.