Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

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.

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.

It is true that success is the most boring thing, it is tinny and brittle, failure runs deeper. Success is dangerous. I have a very complicated relationship with that word.

Life has a vendetta against writers. It does everything in it's power to get in the way of our craft. Maybe it thinks we embellish too much?

[denial] is an attempt to bring order to our lives.

They say the best things in life are free, and they are if you can afford them.

There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of them, and violent sports are another.

My concerns have been about myself and not about giving something back and putting something in, even though that's been in the back of my head.

Walk where your heart leads you, there are no restrictions and no burdens.

It's a lot of luck and being in the right place at the right time, that's what I think. Obviously you need to be noticed by people to be given the opportunities, and I think you do have to work hard.

It is said to await certainty is to await eternity.

Alone, I am drunk on my thoughts; in company, I am sober again.