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.

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

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.

One can...never create [freedom] by an invading force.

Again, it may be said, that to love justice and equality the people need no great effort of virtue; it is sufficient that they love themselves.

Terror is nothing else than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible.