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

It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your government therefore resemble despotism? Yes, as the sword that gleams in the hands of the heroes of liberty resembles that with which the henchmen of tyranny are armed ... The government of the revolution is liberty's despotism against tyranny.

Softness to traitors will destroy us all.

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.

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

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

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