Maximilien Robespierre Quotes and Sayings
- Name:
- Maximilien Robespierre (random)
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- Maximilien Robespierre Books & Videos
- Type:
- Leader
- Nationality:
- French
- Birth Date / Year:
- May 6, 1758
- Death Date / Year:
- July 28, 1794
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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. Maximilien Robespierre | Refcard PDF ↑
- 2
Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil. Maximilien Robespierre | Refcard PDF ↑
- 3
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all. Maximilien Robespierre | Refcard PDF ↑
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Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular. Maximilien Robespierre | Refcard PDF ↑
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Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime. Maximilien Robespierre | Refcard PDF ↑
- 6
Pity is treason. Maximilien Robespierre | Refcard PDF ↑
- 7
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. Maximilien Robespierre | Refcard PDF ↑
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The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual. Maximilien Robespierre | Refcard PDF ↑
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The king must die so that the country can live. Maximilien Robespierre | Refcard PDF ↑
- 10
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant. Maximilien Robespierre | Refcard PDF ↑
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To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty. Maximilien Robespierre | Refcard PDF ↑
