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

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

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.

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

I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.

It's usually important to me to get my idea out first because a lot of times my ideas will seem weird to musicians.

A person’s first duty, a young person’s at any rate, is to be ambitious, and the noblest ambition is that of leaving behind something of permanent value.

I don't ask my wife to face Michael Holding, so there's no reason why I should be changing nappies.

You may make some mistakes - but that doesn't make you a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on the inside of you.

Perverseness is your whole defence.

I'd rather be smart and poor than rich and dumb.

The biggest thing is to have a mind-set and a belief you can win every tournament going in.

I will do this. Nothing in my life matters except this. No moment of my life exists except this moment. I am born in this moment, and if I fail, I will die in this moment.