Jean-Paul Marat

“Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, liberty and happiness.”

“To form a truly free constitution... the capital point, is that all the laws be agreed by the people.”

“The great secret of freedom is to enlighten men, as the great secret of tyranny is to keep them in ignorance.”

“Man has the right to deal with his oppressors by devouring their palpitating hearts.”

“It is by violence that one must establish liberty.”

“O nation of babblers, if only you knew how to act!”

“The people have nothing to gain by the ruin of the rich, but the rich have everything to gain by the ruin of the people.”

“Pity is not a political virtue.”

“Nothing is more dangerous than to be praised by an enemy.”

“God has always been hard on the poor.”