It is with regret that I pronounce the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die that the country may live

The most extravagant idea that can be born in the head of a political thinker is to believe that it suffices for people to enter, weapons in hand, among a foreign people and expect to have its laws and constitution embraced. No one loves armed missionaries; the first lesson of nature and prudence is to repulse them as enemies.

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

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

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

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

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