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

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.

Is it to be thought unreasonable that the people, in atonement for wrongs of a century, demand the vengeance of a single day?

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

The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual.

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.

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