Denis Diderot

"No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings."

"Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild."

"Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey."

"The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find."

"The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population."

"When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years."

"You have to make it happen."