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

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.

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

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

The king must die so that the country can live.

Softness to traitors will destroy us all.

Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil.

Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution?

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

The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation.

Terror is nothing more than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible.

Hiding a wound can cause a serious infection without healing. It has to be exposed and washed. Sure, the cleansing may cause pain at first—but, in the end, it brings healing, as well as relief.

I'm just thankful to be blessed with my talent.

I wish there were easy answers to people's health questions. There aren't. There are answers, all right, but they are not easy.

If you can learn to like how you look, and not the way you think you look, it can set you free.

My friends said, 'You're crazy, enjoy single life.' But that's not for me.

I've been really excited about some new cutting edge electronic music and technology.

The way I work with my cinematographer is not based on general principles, but the ideas are triggered by the locations where we shoot.

When it becomes a bloody reality, we have to come together and look at what can be done to return to the order of peace, ... There is no alternative to it.

I'm not getting old. I'm getting better.

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.