Camille Desmoulins

“I am thirty-three; the age of the Sans-culotte Jesus; a critical age for every patriot.”

“My crime is to have shed a tear.”

“My dear Robespierre! My old school friend! Remember the lessons of history and philosophy: love is stronger, more lasting than fear.”

“Burning is not answering.”

“Citizens, there is no time to lose; the dismissal of Necker is the knell of a Saint Bartholomew for patriots! This very evening all the Swiss and German battalions will leave the Champ de Mars to butcher us! There is but one resource left! To take up arms!”

“My only regret is that I am dying four years before Robespierre.”

“People! Unfortunate people! You are being deceived, they are killing your best friends. If we die, Robespierre will not be long in following us.”

“The great only appear great because we are on our knees. Let us rise.”