Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierrewas a French lawyer and politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution, the defence of the Republic, and the Reign of Terror...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth6 May 1758
CountryFrance
Maximilien Robespierre quotes about
bankers window
When a Banker jumps out of a window, jump after him - that's where the money is.
government republic foundation
The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation.
kings hands law
Peoples do not judge in the same way as courts of law; they do not hand down sentences, they throw thunderbolts; they do not condemn kings, they drop them back into the void; and this justice is worth just as much as that of the courts.
people enemy republic
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.
war enemy liberty
The revolution is the war of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty when victorious and peaceable.
hero government hands
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. Is force made only to protect crime
revolution citizens want
Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution?
traitor softness
Softness to traitors will destroy us all.
evil people doe
Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil.
freedom men law
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.
humanity forgiving clemency
To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.
lying tyrants people
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
mean enemy deception
Smuggle out the truth, pass it through all the obstacles that its enemies fabricate; multiply, spread by all means possible her message so that she may triumph; through zeal and civic action counterbalance the influence of money and the machinations lavished on the propagation of deception. That, in my opinion, is the most useful activity and the most sacred duty of pure patriotism.
country regret citizens
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