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The documents issued by the Assembly after the violent events of the Tenth of August 1792 are not edifying, and imply in Condorcet, who composed them, a certain want of eye for revolutionary methods.— Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 3: Condorcet
It is natural enough though not particularly edifying, that in a war each party ascribes all the guilt thereof to the opponents and poses as the innocent who maliciously was surprised when not dreaming of any harm.— Face to Face with Kaiserism

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