In less than a year there would be a
flourishing, formidable government which would remain so as long as I
lived."- If necessary, he could act as commander-in-chief of the army
and always be victorious: having twice seen the Vendeans carry on a
fight he would end the war "at the first encounter."[17] -- "If I
could stand the march, I would go in person and carry out my views.
At the head of a small party of trusty troops the rebels could be
easily put down to the last man, and in one day. I know something of
military art, and; without boasting, I can answer for success." -- On
any difficulty occurring, it is owing to his advice not having been
taken; he is the great political physician: his diagnosis from the
beginning of the Revolution is always correct, his prognosis
infallible, his therapeutics efficacious, humane and salutary. He
provides the panacea and he should be allowed to prescribe it; only,
to ensure a satisfactory operation, he should himself administer the
dose. Let the public lancet, therefore, be put in his hands that he
may perform the humanitarian operation of bloodletting. "Such are my
opinions. I have published them in my works. I have signed them with
my name and I am not ashamed of it.
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