The revolution is the war of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty when victorious and peaceable.

The revolution is the war of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty when victorious and peaceable.

To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.

Softness to traitors will destroy us all.

Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country.

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.