Is It To Be Thought Unreasonable That

Terror Is Nothing Else Than Justice, Prompt, Severe, Inflexible.

We Must Smother The Internal And External Enemies Of The Republic Or Perish With It; Now In This Situation, The First Maxim Of Your Policy Ought To Be To Lead The People By Reason And The People's Enemies By Terror.

Crime Butchers Innocence To Secure A Throne, And Innocence Struggles With All Its Might Against The Attempts Of Crime.

The Aim Of Constitutional Government Is To Preserve The Republic; That Of Revolutionary Government Is To Lay Its Foundation.

Peoples Do Not Judge In The Same Way As Courts Of Law; They Do Not Hand Down Sentences, They Throw Thunderbolts; They Do Not Condemn Kings, They Drop Them Back Into The Void; And This Justice Is Worth Just As Much As That Of The Courts.