The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation.

- Maximilien Robespierre

Formerly, when a king died at Versailles the reign of his successor was immediately announced by the cry: "The king is dead, long live the king", in …

- Maximilien Robespierre

Food that is necessary for man’s existence is as sacred as life itself. Everything that is indispensable for its preservation is the common property …

- Maximilien Robespierre

Omelets are not made without breaking eggs.

- Maximilien Robespierre

Softness to traitors will destroy us all.

- 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 …

- Maximilien Robespierre

When a Banker jumps out of a window, jump after him - that's where the money is.

- Maximilien Robespierre

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

- Maximilien Robespierre

Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution?

- Maximilien Robespierre