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

Omelets are not made without breaking eggs.

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.

Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular.

One can...never create [freedom] by an invading force.

Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible. It is then an emanation of virtue.