Jean-Paul Marat

"Authority derived from birth or wealth is no authority at all."

"The people's memory is their greatest strength against those in power."

"Act with the courage of conviction, not the caution of calculation."

"Injustice deferred is injustice multiplied."

"The voice of the people, when united, cannot be silenced forever."

"Wisdom is not found in grand theories, but in understanding the needs of the common person."

"Those who fear the light of truth have something to hide."

"Every person possesses the capacity for reason and moral judgment."

"The people's misery is the measure of governmental crime."

"To punish the oppressor is mercy; to spare him is cruelty to the people."

"The blood of patriots waters the tree of freedom."

"Indifference to injustice is complicity with tyranny."

"The masses are not born slaves; they are made slaves by the chains of ignorance."

"Revolution is the violent birth of a new order from the death of the old."

"Pity the fool who loves his chains more than his freedom."

"The corruption of the powerful grows in proportion to the silence of the weak."

"True strength lies not in the sword, but in the unity of the people."

"History judges not by intention, but by consequence."

"The voice of the voiceless must become deafening."

"Compromise with evil is the breeding ground of greater evil."

"The physician who heals society first must diagnose its sickness."

"Passion without principle is madness; principle without passion is emptiness."

"The enemy of my people is the enemy of all humanity."

"To love one's country means to challenge it when it errs."

"The price of peace bought with injustice is perpetual war."

"Fear is the greatest weapon of tyrants and the last refuge of cowards."

"The common people possess uncommon wisdom when given uncommon voice."

"Revolution devours those who lack the courage to see it through."

"The hand that signs unjust laws deserves to be stayed."

"Nature abhors the artificial distinctions men create between themselves."