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

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

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

Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1771). “The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.229

Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous'd, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th' offended gods.

Aristophanes, Thomas Mitchell (1822). “The Comedies of Aristophanes: Preface. The clouds. The wasps. The discat turned gentleman”, p.150

Oh, I am a prompt person!

"Josh Hutcherson on The Hunger Games' Peeta: 'I've Never Felt More Right for a Character in My Whole Life'". Interview with Krista Smith, www.vanityfair.com. November 15, 2011.

The keen spirit seizes the prompt occasion.

Hannah More (1853). “Poems, sacred dramas, essays”, p.188