One cannot reign innocently: the insanity of doing so is evident. Every king is a rebel and a usurper.
Louis Antoine de Saint-JustMonarchy is an outrage which even the blind of an entire people cannot justify... all men hold from nature the secret mission to destroy wherever it my be found. No man can reign innocently. The folly is too evident. Every king is a rebel and a usurper. Do kings themselves treat otherwise those who seek to usurp their authority?
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just