It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your government therefore resemble despotism? Yes, as the sword that gleams in the hands of the heroes of liberty resembles that with which the henchmen of tyranny are armed ... The government of the revolution is liberty's despotism against tyranny.

Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime.

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

Omelets are not made without breaking eggs.

Is it to be thought unreasonable that the people, in atonement for wrongs of a century, demand the vengeance of a single day?

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.

When a Banker jumps out of a window, jump after him - that's where the money is.