Jean-Paul Marat

"The scribes of power write history to justify their crimes."

"Mercy toward the merciless is murder toward the innocent."

"The people's will, when awakened, is an unstoppable force."

"To question authority is not treason; to obey it blindly is."

"The wealthy sleep soundly only when the poor are sedated by false hopes."

"Art serves either truth or tyranny; it cannot serve both."

"The greatest conspiracies are those hidden in plain sight."

"To heal the body politic requires amputation of its diseased parts."

"The people need not ask for justice; they need only demand it."

"Neutrality in times of crisis is a choice to side with oppression."

"The measure of a nation is how it treats those it deems powerless."

"Revolution is not madness; the maintenance of unjust systems is."

"The pen may be mightier than the sword, but only when backed by will."

"Those who profit from suffering have every reason to prolong it."

"The voice of conscience, when silenced, echoes as accusation."

"To understand the enemy is not to befriend him, but to defeat him more surely."

"The people are sovereign only when they know the truth."

"Compassion without conviction is sentimentality; conviction without compassion is tyranny."

"The future belongs not to the fearful, but to the audacious."

"To compromise with half-measures is to guarantee full failure."

"The greatest betrayal is the silence of those who witness injustice."

"Nature knows no classes; only men create such artificial hierarchies."

"The cause of the people requires soldiers willing to be martyrs."

"To build anew, one must first clear away the rubble of the old."

"The truth, when spoken with passion, becomes a weapon of the weak."

"Those who defend injustice are more dangerous than those who commit it."

"The heart of revolution beats in the hunger of the dispossessed."

"To love humanity is to hate the systems that dehumanize it."

"The language of power is fear; the language of freedom is truth."