What does Revolutions often devour their own children mean?

Answer 1

it menas that oftne, the leaders or the people who were the ones that started the revolution is sometimes the ones most affected in the end and fall. take for example robespierre of the french revolution. during his reign of terror during the french revolution, he guillotined 40,000 people for being "traitors" of their country. in the end however, the civilians revolted and he, the one who was one of the leaders of the revolution, was guillotined himself. his methods turned back on him.