Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.
Military despotism represses generous sentiments, priestly tyranny stifles them.
A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.
A society without religion is like a vessel without compass.
A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.
France will always be a great nation.