“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” MayCountryDiesRegretOughtCitizensThousandHundredVirtuous Author: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.” WantCountryEvilNaturalJusticePrinciplesVirtueDemocracyConsequenceTerrorFierceSeverePromptsNatural ConsequencesPressing On Author:Maximilien Robespierre
