Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of — Denis Diderot
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. — Denis Diderot
Every man has his dignity. I’m willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to. — Denis Diderot
Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine. — Denis Diderot
You spit on a petty thief, but you can’t deny a kind of respect for the great criminal. — Denis Diderot
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. — Denis Diderot