One can...never create [freedom] by an invading force.
Softness to traitors will destroy us all.
The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual.
No one loves armed missionaries; the first lesson of nature and prudence is to repulse them as enemies.
Terror is nothing more than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible.
Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible. It is then an emanation of virtue.