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A true revolutionary should be ready to perish in the process
— Maximilien Robespierre
Establish liberty on a rock of brass.
— Maximilien Robespierre
I never play, because I am not rich enough to afford to lose or poor enough to want to win.
Maximilien Morrel, The Count of Monte Cristo — Alexandre Dumas
Maximilien Morrel, The Count of Monte Cristo — Alexandre Dumas
No one loves armed missionaries.
— Maximilien Robespierre
Terror is nothing else than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible.
— Maximilien De Robespierre
Terror is nothing more than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible.
— Maximilien Robespierre
The king must die so that the country can live.
— Maximilien De Robespierre
The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation.
— Maximilien Robespierre
This was an idea peculiar to Camille, Maximilien thought, that the worse things get, the better they get. No one else seems to think this way.
— Hilary Mantel
Maximilien R. Peters! Incorruptible, ineluctable, and indestructable! It's time to start a revolution, baby
— Jennifer Donnelly
The English have a heavy hearted way of amusing themselves.
— Maximilien De Bethune, Duke Of Sully
The revolutionary government owes to the good citizen all the protection of the nation; it owes nothing to the Enemies of the People but death.
— Maximilien De Robespierre
When a Banker jumps out of a window, jump after him - that's where the money is.
— Maximilien Robespierre
But Valentine, why despair, why always paint the future in such sombre hues?" Maximilien asked.
"Because, my friend, I judge it by the past. — Alexandre Dumas
"Because, my friend, I judge it by the past. — Alexandre Dumas
Omelets are not made without breaking eggs.
— Maximilien Robespierre
Pity is treason.
— Maximilien Robespierre
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— Maximilien De Robespierre
Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime.
— Maximilien Robespierre
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
The English take their pleasures sadly, after the fashion of their country.
— Maximilien De Bethune, Duke Of Sully
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.
— Maximilien Robespierre
Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular.
— Maximilien Robespierre
Softness to traitors will destroy us all.
— Maximilien Robespierre
One can ... never create [freedom] by an invading force.
— Maximilien Robespierre
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
— Maximilien De Robespierre
Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil.
— Maximilien Robespierre
By sealing our work with our blood, we may see at least the bright dawn of universal happiness.
— Maximilien Robespierre
Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution?
— Maximilien Robespierre
Is it to be thought unreasonable that the people, in atonement for wrongs of a century, demand the vengeance of a single day?
— Maximilien Robespierre
To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.
— Maximilien De Robespierre
The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual.
— Maximilien De Robespierre