Happiness is a new idea in Europe.

It is impossible to reign innocently.

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

A nation regenerates itself only upon heaps of corpses.

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.

I'm ready for something private, private and real

They tell us to count our blessings whilst they count the coffers

Theatre is simply what cannot be expressed by any other means a complexity of words movements gestures that convey a vision of the world inexpressible in any other way.

You tell me over and over and over again, my friend, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

You're a lot better off being scared than being bored.

I do believe in fairies, I do, I do.

Tell me something wicked.

Do you think, that I could still call you 'my dear'?

There are other ways of showing someone you love them, such as fetching them out of Hell.

When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.