I had rather be guillotined than a guillotiner.

Show my head to the people. It is worth seeing.

You [Robespierre] will follow us soon. Your house will be beaten down and salt sown in the place where it stood.

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.

In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.

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

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.