"I have always believed that the love of truth is the most powerful of all passions."

"The Americans are a people who are always talking about equality, but they are also a people who are very jealous of each other."

"I am convinced that a great revolution is at hand, and that it will be more terrible than any that has yet occurred."

"I have no doubt that the American people will in the end overcome all the difficulties that they have to encounter."

"I have always believed that the most important thing for a nation is to have a strong government, even if it is not a free one."