Is it to be thought unreasonable that the people, in atonement for wrongs of a century, demand the vengeance of a single day
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Again, it may be said, that to love justice and equality the people need no great effort of virtue; it is sufficient that they love themselves.Maximilien Robespierre
To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.
Maximilien Robespierre
Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular.
Maximilien Robespierre
Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country.
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Pity is treason.
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The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
Maximilien Robespierre
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