You who make the laws, the vices and the virtues of the people will be your work.

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.

Take risks. Whoever risk, shall know how far they can reach.

We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.

Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

Jesus said the meek would inherit the earth, but so far all we've gotten is Minnesota and North Dakota.

I never saw a purple cow; I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one.

Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along.

Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that.

If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others.

Can't nobody [mess] with me. I'm like toilet paper, Pampers and toothpaste. I'm definitely proven to be effective.

I admire anyone who can walk across a stage to the mic and not trip.