Georges Danton Quotes

Oh, it were better to be a poor fisherman than to meddle with the government of men.

After bread, education is the first need of the people.

I have left my balls to Robespierre and my legs to Couthon. That should help the Committee of Public Safety for a while.

Boldness, and again boldness, and always boldness!

The most striking characters are sometimes the product of an infinity of little accidents.

I had rather be guillotined than a guillotiner.

Audacity, and again, audacity, and always audacity.

You [Robespierre] will follow us soon. Your house will be beaten down and salt sown in the place where it stood.

Let us be terrible in order to prevent the people from being terrible themselves!

Nature has cast but two men in the mould of statesmen,
myself and Mirabeau. After that she broke the mould.

Boldness, more boldness, and perpetual boldness!.

To dare, and again dare, and forever dare!

To conquer [our enemies] we must dare, and dare again, and dare for ever; and thus will France be saved