"Whatever defamation of character my enemies are spreading about me, I do not feel the need to justify myself toward them. While discretion obliges me to remain silent, my duty compels me to prevent th…"

"Is it not like cutting off a man's legs and telling him to walk? Is it not like cutting out a man's tongue and telling him to talk? Is it not burying a man alive?"

"I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in Saint Domingue."

"I will tear off the epaulets of the officers who do not march; and I will shoot the soldiers who resist. I want work and order."

"I was born a slave, but I have the right to be free."