Audacity, and again, audacity, and always audacity.
Nature has cast but two men in the mould of statesmen,--myself and Mirabeau. After that she broke the mould.
Audacity, more audacity, always audacity.
In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.
I have left my balls to Robespierre and my legs to Couthon. That should help the Committee of Public Safety for a while.
One must never compromise with tyrants. One can only strike at kings through the head. Nothing can be expected from European kings except by force of arms. I vote for the death of the tyrant.