One Can...never Create [freedom] By An Invading

To Punish The Oppressors Of Humanity Is Clemency; To Forgive Them Is Cruelty.

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.

It Has Been Said That Terror Is The Principle Of Despotic Government. Does Your Government Therefore Resemble Despotism? Yes, As The Sword That Gleams In The Hands Of The Heroes Of Liberty Resembles That With Which The Henchmen Of Tyranny Are Armed ... The Government Of The Revolution Is Liberty's Despotism Against Tyranny.

It Is With Regret That I Pronounce The Fatal Truth: Louis Ought To Perish Rather Than A Hundred Thousand Virtuous Citizens; Louis Must Die That The Country May Live