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.

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

Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime.

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.

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

It is with regret that I pronounce the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die that the country may live

Softness to traitors will destroy us all.