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

Again, it may be said, that to love justice and equality the people need no great effort of virtue; it is sufficient that they love themselves.

The king must die so that the country can live.

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

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.

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

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