23 Quotes by Georges Danton

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

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

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

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

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

I had rather be guillotined than a guillotiner.

Boldness, more boldness, and perpetual boldness!.

Audacity, and again, audacity, and always audacity.

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