Georges Danton Quotes

#1. My only regret is that I'm going before that rat, Robespierre! [to his executioner] Don't forget to show my head to the people; it's well worth seeing.

Georges Danton

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

Georges Danton

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

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

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

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

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#7. Boldness, and again boldness, and always boldness!

Georges Danton

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

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#9. Boldness, more boldness, and perpetual boldness!.

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

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#11. I had rather be guillotined than a guillotiner.

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#12. To dare, and again dare, and forever dare!

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#13. One must never compromise with tyrants. One can only strike at kings through the head. Nothing can be expected from European kings except by force of arms. I vote for the death of the tyrant.

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

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#15. Audacity, and again, audacity, and always audacity.

Georges Danton