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

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

By sealing our work with our blood, we may see at least the bright dawn of universal happiness.

Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil.

The revolution is the war of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty when victorious and peaceable.

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 of society as a whole. It is only the surplus that is private property and can be safely left to individual commercial enterprise.

Establish liberty on a rock of brass.