“The secret of liberty is to enlighten men, as that of tyranny is to keep them in ignorance.”
Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) French revolutionary lawyer and politician
As quoted in Human Rights and Freedoms in the USSR (1981) by Fedor Eliseevich Medvedev and Gennadiĭ Ivanovich Kulikov, p. 221 <br class="br">Original: Le secret de la liberté est d'éclairer les hommes, comme celui de la tyrannie est de les retenir dans l'ignorance <br class="br">Variant: The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant. <br class="br">Source: Public statement (November 1792), quoted in Oeuvres de Maximilien Robespierre (1840), Volume 2, p. 253 http://books.google.com/books?id=iSMVAAAAQAAJ
