Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The secret of liberty is to enlighten men, as that of tyranny is to keep them in ignorance.” ~ 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 ClubSource: Public statement (November 1792), quoted in Oeuvres de Maximilien Robespierre (1840), Volume 2, p. 253