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

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 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.

It stood calm against the suburban storm raging around it. The thunder screamed across the sky

O name of Mary! Joy in the heart, honey in the mouth, melody to the ear of Her devout clients!

I felt alone on the planet, drifting through the cosmos. With both hands I reached out to the night. There was no answer. Or maybe I just couldn't hear it.

A great scientist is more open to a new idea than almost anybody.

An editor's job is to take something great and make it good.

God has forgiven everything that I've ever done. If someone does something to hurt my family or me, I can always forgive them. It keeps hate and anger out of my heart.

My brain is like a hard drive. Once you start adding new information, you start cutting off old information.

The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word.

Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind, and hence cannot be defined in terms of the qualities of a book or picture.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.