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

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.

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

Smuggle out the truth, pass it through all the obstacles that its enemies fabricate; multiply, spread by all means possible her message so that she may triumph; through zeal and civic action counterbalance the influence of money and the machinations lavished on the propagation of deception. That, in my opinion, is the most useful activity and the most sacred duty of pure patriotism.

The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual.

By sealing our work with our blood, we may see at least the bright dawn of universal happiness.

The king must die so that the country can live.