Maximilien Robespierre Quotes about Justice

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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

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

Country, Evil, Justice

Terror is nothing more than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible.

Maximilien Robespierre

Justice, Terror, Secure

Terror is nothing else than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible.

Maximilien Robespierre

Justice, Terror, Prompts

"The Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-1923, Vol. 1". Book by Edward Hallett Carr, p. 154, Speech to the National Convention, (February 5, 1794), 1951.

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

People, Justice, Effort

Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible. It is then an emanation of virtue.

Maximilien Robespierre

Justice, Revolution, Virtue

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.

Maximilien Robespierre

Government, Justice, Revolution

Speech to the National Convention on February 05, 1794. "The Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-1923." Book by Edward Hallett Carr, Volume 1, p. 154, 1951.