By sealing our work with our blood, we may see at least the bright dawn of universal happiness.
Maximilien RobespierrePeoples do not judge in the same way as courts of law; they do not hand down sentences, they throw thunderbolts; they do not condemn kings, they drop them back into the void; and this justice is worth just as much as that of the courts.
Maximilien RobespierreNo one loves armed missionaries; the first lesson of nature and prudence is to repulse them as enemies.
Maximilien Robespierre