„The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.“
— Maximilien Robespierre, Original French: Le secret de la liberté est d'éclairer les hommes, comme celui de la tyrannie est de les retenir dans l'ignorance Oeuvres, Volume 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=iSMVAAAAQAAJ p. 253.
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