Let us be terrible in order to prevent the people from being terrible themselves!

We must dare, and dare again, and go on daring.

I have left my balls to Robespierre and my legs to Couthon. That should help the Committee of Public Safety for a while.

Boldness, and again boldness, and always boldness!

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.

Let us be terrible in order to prevent the people from being terrible themselves!

Nature has cast but two men in the mould of statesmen,--myself and Mirabeau. After that she broke the mould.