It is with regret that I pronounce the fatal truth Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens Louis must die that the country may live
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Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil.Maximilien Robespierre
The king must die so that the country can live.
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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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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.
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The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
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Pity is treason.
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