Quote from Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre
"The secret of liberty is to enlighten men, as that of tyranny is to keep them in ignorance."
Quote by:
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (6 May 1758 - 28 July 1794) French lawyer, statesman, one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution, member of the Constituent Assembly, Jacobin Club
Source:
Public statement (November 1792), quoted in Oeuvres de Maximilien Robespierre (1840), Volume 2, p. 253
