Is it to be thought unreasonable that the people, in atonement for wrongs of a century, demand the vengeance of a single day?
—Maximilien Robespierre
Topics: Revenge, Vengeance
A leader has two important characteristics; first, he is going somewhere; second, he is able to persuade other people to go with him.
—Maximilien Robespierre
Topics: Leadership
Pity is treason.
—Maximilien Robespierre
Topics: Sympathy
Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime.
—Maximilien Robespierre
Topics: Innocence, Crime
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