You do not forget with what eagerness they persecuted the genius of liberty in the person of Jean Jacques Rousseau, the only philosopher who, in my opinion, has deserved the public honours lavished for a long time on so many political charlatans and so many contemptible heroes.

Brissot, at least, should feel well inclined towards me.

Where was he when I was defending this society from the Jacobins against the Constituent Assembly itself?
But for what I did at this epoch, you would not have insulted me in this tribune; for it would not have existed.

I the corrupter, the agitator, the tribune of the people! I am none of these, I am the people myself.

You reproach me for having quitted my place as public accuser.