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.

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

The king must die so that the country can live.

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

Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil.

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.

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