It would have been better to stick to the principles, to grant every possible repressive power but not to prohibit freedom.
Category: Freedom of speech
LETTERS TO MR. DOMENGER – 6
Those who genuinely love the Republic should understand that it is necessary to make it loveable.
LETTER TO MR. PAULTON
All those to whom I gave it keep expressing their surprise towards the serious facts that are revealed in it.
LETTER TO MR. ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE
Some accidental dissent does not prevent me to be the most sincere and passionate admirer of yours.
UNTITLED
Is it not misguided to search for the solution in a fake unity, contrived, intolerant, persecuting, socialist, which is indeed unable to present its titles for domination and its proof of truth?
ABOUT THE SEPARATION OF THE TEMPORAL AND THE SPIRITUAL SPHERE
We consider that the right to legislate actions is already a very strong one and that it should not be added to this the right to regulate people’s thoughts.
TO M. TANNEGUY DUCHATEL, INTERIOR MINISTER
The nation should pay taxes only in order to face up to public services.
TO THE MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE
We shall spread the principle of freedom when others will preach the principle of protection. Truth will emerge from the debate.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL DE LILLE, APPARATUS OF THE NORTH INTERESTS
Should the monopolists also have the monopoly on speech?
LARGE MEETING IN MANCHESTER
It is a glorious era, the one when thousands of citizens can meet up freely.
COBDEN AND THE LEAGUE
Truth does not need gallows, chains, torture and prisons in order to defend itself.
COBDEN AND THE LEAGUE
I am warning them that they are undermining the very foundations of property, whichever it is.
SPEECH IN BORDEAUX
What we need is fresh air, full daylight and honesty.
ABOUT ARMING GREAT BRITAIN AGAIN
When supporting a bad cause, what needs to be prevented the most, is that light be shed.
LETTERS TO MR. FELIX COUDROY
Truth is powerful only thanks to its dissemination.
THE WAR AGAINST CHAIRS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
You are not unaware of the way names can sometimes deceive us in regard to the bad side of things.
BACCALAUREATE AND SOCIALISM
I am not calling on the state to align everyone with my views but to say, “Do not subject me to the opinion of others.”
5. – ON MODERATION.
Accusing us of dogmatism and forbidding us from proving the truth of our thesis is to want the country never to open its eyes.
I. – THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PLUNDER.
There are only two ways of acquiring the things that are necessary for the preservation, improvement, and betterment of life: PRODUCTION and PLUNDER.