Robespierre

"Vision without action is fantasy."

"The future belongs to the determined."

"Wisdom speaks softly but carries far."

"Every person deserves respect."

"The mind is mankind's greatest weapon."

"Faith moves mountains."

"The pursuit of excellence never ends."

"Community is our collective strength."

"Innovation is the path forward."

"The secret of freedom lies in education."

"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."

"Clemency is the companion of justice."

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

"We must dare to tell the truth."

"Audacity, still more audacity, and audacity forever!"

"The tyrant is but the slave turned inside out."

"Let us be terrible in order that the people need not be so."

"I am nothing, I wish to be nothing, but I wish the good of all."

"The scaffold I shall mount will be the same as that of kings."

"He who is not either a coward or a fool cannot refuse to follow the path of duty."

"Virtue must be joined with terror; otherwise it is ineffectual."

"The general will is always right and tends invariably towards public utility."

"Morality and terror are the essence of popular government."

"The people are infallible and cannot be deceived."

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

"One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority."

"The pursuit of virtue is nothing without courage."

"Pity is treason when shown to traitors of the state."

"A free people cannot be the slaves of the past."

"The greatest threat to democracy is the corruption of its representatives."