Robespierre

"Revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny."

"Wisdom is knowing when to speak and when to remain silent."

"The revolution devours its children, yet it must continue."

"Truth is the root of all virtue."

"Nature herself is virtuous; it is civilization that corrupts."

"The hand of friendship cannot reach across the chasm of betrayal."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

"Compassion without justice is merely weakness."

"I am prepared to die, for the ideas I have defended are immortal."

"The greatest crime is indifference to injustice."

"A lie repeated becomes the truth in the minds of the weak."

"The soul of the revolution is virtue."

"Tyranny begins where the people surrender their voice."

"The honest man must never submit to the dishonest."

"Fear is the weapon of tyrants, hope is the weapon of the free."

"Progress without principle is merely change for its own sake."

"The heart of man contains both the capacity for great good and terrible evil."

"Only the virtuous can truly govern the virtuous."

"Time is the judge of all revolutions."

"He who speaks most often of virtue is often the least virtuous."

"The masses must be educated before they can be truly free."

"A nation that forgets its principles forgets itself."

"Strength without mercy is barbarism; mercy without strength is weakness."

"The death of the innocent cries out for justice."

"We are all servants of the nation, none are its masters."

"Passion without reason leads to destruction."

"The revolution is complete when virtue no longer needs terror."

"To forgive one's enemies is to admit they were right to oppose you."

"Glory awaits those who die for their principles."