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Famous Maximilien Robespierre Quotes
“Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution?”
Source: Virtue and Terror
“When a Banker jumps out of a window, jump after him - that's where the money is.”
“To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.”
Source: Virtue and Terror
“Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible. It is then an emanation of virtue.”
“The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual.”
“Terror is nothing else than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible.”
“By sealing our work with our blood, we may see at least the bright dawn of universal happiness.”
“Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil.”
“Terror is nothing more than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible.”