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.

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

Establish liberty on a rock of brass.

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

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

Terror is nothing else than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible.

To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.