Terror is nothing else than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible.
To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.
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
Terror is nothing more than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible.
Establish liberty on a rock of brass.
The king must die so that the country can live.