The most extravagant idea that can be born in the head of a political thinker is to believe that it suffices for people to enter, weapons in hand, among a foreign people and expect to have its laws and constitution embraced. No one loves armed missionaries; the first lesson of nature and prudence is to repulse them as enemies.
The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation. - Maximilien Robespierre
The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation.
- 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
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 …
Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil. - Maximilien Robespierre
Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil.
Softness to traitors will destroy us all. - Maximilien Robespierre
Softness to traitors will destroy us all.
When a Banker jumps out of a window, jump after him - that's where the money is. - Maximilien Robespierre
When a Banker jumps out of a window, jump after him - that's where the money is.
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
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 …
Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution? - Maximilien Robespierre
Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution?
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all. - Maximilien Robespierre
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.
Smuggle out the truth, pass it through all the obstacles that its enemies fabricate; multiply, spread by all means possible her message so that she m… - Maximilien Robespierre
Smuggle out the truth, pass it through all the obstacles that its enemies fabricate; multiply, spread by all means possible her message so that she m…
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