The revolutionary government was required to become the government of the war.
In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.
The most knowledgeable person in one domain may be the most ignorant in another.
The innocent is the person who explains nothing
To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.
There are means that cannot be excused. And I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. I don't want just any greatness for it, particularly a greatness born of blood and falsehood. I want to keep it alive by keeping justice alive.