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

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

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.

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

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

No one loves armed missionaries; the first lesson of nature and prudence is to repulse them as enemies.

Food that is necessary for man’s existence is as sacred as life itself. Everything that is indispensable for its preservation is the common property of society as a whole. It is only the surplus that is private property and can be safely left to individual commercial enterprise.