He would have been as proud to restore the throne as to save the republic.

Skilful in handling men, every instrument was good that was available; to get rid of the Girondists, who, by oppressing the king menaced himself, and to go and seek further off and lower than these rhetoricians, that popularity which was necessary to him when opposed to them, was a master-stroke of genius: he tried it, and succeeded.

From this epoch may be dated his connection with Camille Desmoulins and Danton.
Danton and Dumouriez came to an understanding the sooner, because in their vices, like their good qualities, they closely resembled each other.

Danton, like Dumouriez, only wanted the impulse of the Revolution.

Principles were trifles with him; what suited his energy and his ambition was that tumultuous turmoil which cast down and elevated men, from the throne to nothing, from nothing to fortune and power.