Robespierre

Revolutionary, Politician French 1758 – 1794

Led the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

380 quotes

"Death is the beginning of immortality."
Death
"Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one way of being."
Truth
"The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny."
Politics
"Misery and shame are the consequence of laziness."
Work
"To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty."
Justice
"I am immortal through the Revolution."
History
"The corrupt always fear investigation."
Justice
"A nation is truly free when its citizens are virtuous."
Freedom
"Patriotism is the foundation of all virtue."
Courage
"The people's will is the only legitimate source of power."
Politics
"Tyranny is the negation of all natural law."
Power
"We must destroy privilege through justice and wisdom."
Justice
"Faith in humanity is the first principle of revolution."
Faith
"The enemies of the state shall feel the full weight of justice."
Justice
"Innocence protects the virtuous; guilt condemns the wicked."
Truth
"A free people cannot be enslaved by reason."
Knowledge
"The Committee of Public Safety serves the common good."
Leadership
"Terror is justice swiftly applied."
Justice
"Show me a powerful man without enemies, and I will show you a man without principles."
Power
"The revolution devours its own children only when they betray its principles."
Politics
"Unity of purpose is the strength of nations."
Strength
"Despotism and democracy cannot coexist."
Politics
"The voice of the people is the voice of truth."
Truth
"Corruption is the rot that destroys republics from within."
Politics
"A just war is worth more than an unjust peace."
War
"The measure of a society is how it treats the weakest among them."
Kindness
"History will vindicate those who fought for freedom."
History
"Self-interest is the enemy of the public good."
Politics
"The scaffold is democracy's remedy for treason."
Justice
"Virtue is the soul of the republic."
Leadership