Robespierre

"Men do not become tyrants by nature; they are made so by power unchecked."

"The voice of conscience is the voice of the divine."

"To betray one's principles is to become the enemy of one's former self."

"Nations rise and fall by the virtue of their leaders, not their borders."

"The revolution cannot be won by those who seek personal glory."

"Justice delayed gives tyrants time to consolidate their strength."

"The people must learn to recognize the wolf in shepherd's clothing."

"A revolution that does not change hearts merely changes prisons."

"The scaffold awaits all who challenge the eternal order of injustice."

"To serve the people is to deny oneself; to rule the people is to betray them."

"The only immortality is that earned through virtue."

"A nation built on lies will collapse under the weight of truth."

"The greatest victory is not over enemies, but over one's own doubts."

"In the end, we are all measured by the justice we have served."

"The secret of freedom lies in education."

"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."

"Clemency is the companion of justice."

"The basis of popular government is virtue."

"To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty."

"The sublime effort of virtue demands a victim."

"One cannot reign innocently."

"If the spring of popular government in time of peace is virtue, the spring of popular government in time of revolution is at once virtue and terror."

"Terror is only justice prompt, severe, and inflexible."

"The French people seem disposed to exchange despotism for liberty."

"Ambition and intrigue are the poison of republics."

"To establish democracy, we must first establish virtue."

"I am nothing, I wish to be nothing, and I should be ashamed to be anything."

"The general will is always right and tends invariably toward the public utility."

"Nature has given us the capacity for sympathy."

"Whoever is not prepared to die for their principles is not worthy of them."