Amid all of this excess of the enthusiast there was the method of a calculating mind.

He aimed to kindle a conflagration because he had icebergs to melt.

"The public shall not be imposed upon," he replied to one of his critics, "and men and things shall be called by their right names.

I retract nothing, I blot out nothing.

My language is exactly such as suits me; it will displease many, I know; to displease them is my intention." He was philosopher enough to see that he could reach the national conscience only by exciting the national anger.