You neither know La Fayette nor your times.

Cromwell had character--La Fayette has none.

A man does not become protector without boldness and decision; and when he has both, this society comprises a crowd of friends of liberty, who would rather perish than support him.

I first make the oath, that either equality shall reign, or I will die contending against protectors and tribunes.

Tribunes! they are the worst enemies of the people.