23 Quotes by Georges Danton

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

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

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

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    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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    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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