Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime.

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.

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

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

Behind every mask there is a face, and behind that a story.

To be human, is to be able to love the unlovable, and hope when things appear hopeless

The soul that has no established aim loses itself.

I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?

I ask Thee for a thankful love, Through constant watching wise, To meet the glad with joyful smiles, And to wipe the weeping eyes, And a heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathize.

We are a culture of people who've bought into the idea that if we stay busy enough, the truth of our lives won't catch up with us.

Who are you?' I didn't understand the question. I'm Uri', he said. 'What's your name?' I gave him my name. 'Stopthief.

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.

Sometimes, you lose (a game) and sometimes the other team wins.

Get up early in the morning before everybody has breathed up all the good air.