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Type: Leader Quotes Category: French Leader Quotes Date of Birth: May 6, 1758 Date of Death: July 28, 1794 Nationality: French Find on Amazon: Maximilien Robespierre Related Authors: Mohandas Gandhi Martin Luther King, Jr. Napoleon Bonaparte Buddha Charles de Gaulle Mother Teresa Martin Luther Margaret Thatcher |
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.
Maximilien Robespierre Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil. 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 Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular. Maximilien Robespierre Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime. Maximilien Robespierre Pity is treason. 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. Maximilien Robespierre The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual. Maximilien Robespierre The king must die so that the country can live. Maximilien Robespierre The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant. Maximilien Robespierre To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty. Maximilien Robespierre |
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