“lf the attribute of popular government in peace is virtue, the attribute of popular government in revolution is at one and the same time virtue and terror, virtue without which terror is fatal, terror without which virtue is impotent. The terror is nothing but justice, prompt, severe, inflexible; it is thus an emanation of virtue.” GovernmentJusticeVirtueRevolutionTerrorAttributesSeverePrompts 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
“Peoples do not judge in the same way as courts of law; they do not hand down sentences, they throw thunderbolts; they do not condemn kings, they drop them back into the void; and this justice is worth just as much as that of the courts.” WayHandsLawJusticeJudgingKingsCourtSentencesVoidThunderboltsDo Not Judge Book:Virtue and Terror Source: Virtue and Terror
“Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible. It is then an emanation of virtue.” JusticeVirtueRevolutionTerrorSeverePromptsFrench RevolutionPressing OnReign Of Terror Author:Maximilien Robespierre
“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.” PeopleNeedsMaySaidJusticeEffortVirtueSufficientI Want YouI Need YouEquality And JusticeGreat Effort Author:Maximilien Robespierre
“Terror is nothing else than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible.” JusticeTerrorSeverePrompts Author:Maximilien Robespierre
“Terror is nothing more than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible.” JusticeTerrorSecurePrompts Author:Maximilien Robespierre
