Marquis de Sade — "The most powerful empires are those that are founded on crime."

"The greatest pleasure of all is to corrupt others."

"I am a monster, and I am proud of it."

"In her hands I am nothing but a machine for her to operate as she wishes, and there is not a single one of my crimes that fails to serve her; the greater her need, the more she spurs me on – I should …"

"To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell."

"The laws vainly try to talk virtue to the mass, but it's just talk. The people who make the laws are really too biased towards evil and never carry out their fine talk -- they merely make a stab at it…"