A nation regenerates itself only upon heaps of corpses.

It is impossible to reign innocently.

The vessel of Revolution can arrive at port only on a sea reddened by torrents of blood.

If all people are free, all are equal. If they are equal, they are just.

One does not make revolutions by halves.

Most arts have produced miracles, while the art of government has produced nothing but monsters.

Keep cool and you command everybody.

I have not found a single good man in government; I have found good only in the people.

I do not belong to any faction, I will fight them all.

Dare! - this word contains all the politics of our revolution.

In every Revolution a dictator is needed to save the state by force, or censors to save it by virtue.

He comments on how amazing it is that everything in the universe can be described by the twenty-six written characters with which they have been working.

I liked to sail alone. The sea was the same as a girl to me - I did not want anyone else along.

An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy.

I have seen games on Xbox 360 and HD TV and I'm amazed at how realistic the players look.

Life is something you can't borrow and give back; Here today and gone tomorrow...just like that.

Youth is an unpleasant period; for then it is not possible or not prudent to be productive in any sense whatsoever.

If possible, forget the past. Look forward to the future.

Mystery and innocence are not akin.

A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumnity, pursued by a faction, may descend even to posterity. This principal has taken full effect on this state favorite.

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.