To Punish The Oppressors Of Humanity Is

Lf The Attribute Of Popular Government In Peace Is Virtue, The Attribute Of Popular Government In Revolution Is At One And The Same Time Virtue And Terror, Virtue Without Which Terror Is Fatal, Terror Without Which Virtue Is Impotent. The Terror Is Nothing But Justice, Prompt, Severe, Inflexible; It Is Thus An Emanation Of Virtue.

Terror Is Only Justice: Prompt, Severe And Inflexible; It Is Then An Emanation Of Virtue; It Is Less A Distinct Principle Than A Natural Consequence Of The General Principle Of Democracy, Applied To The Most Pressing Wants Of The Country.

Terror Is Nothing More Than Justice, Prompt, Secure And Inflexible.

Atheism Is Aristocratic; The Idea Of A Great Being That Watches Over Oppressed Innocence And Punishes Triumphant Crime Is Altogether Popular.

Formerly, When A King Died At Versailles The Reign Of His Successor Was Immediately Announced By The Cry: "the King Is Dead, Long Live The King", In Order To Make It Understood That Despotism Is Immortal! Now An Entire People, Moved By A Sublime Instinct, Cried: Long Live The Republic! To Teach The Universe That Tyranny Died With The Tyrant.