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To the revolutionary mind the American vista must have been almost as incredible as Genghis Khan’s first view of China – so rich, so soft, so unaware.

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a generation.

The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

The revolution is carried out by means of one’s thought, not through one’s family background.

Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.

A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.