Maximilien Robespierre

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

— Maximilien Robespierre

#cruelty #forgive #humanity #oppressors #punish

Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#aristocratic #atheism #being #crime #great

Pity is treason. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#treason

The king must die so that the country can live. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#die #king #live #must

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#essentially #inalienable #law #man #rights

Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#does #evil #good #institution #magistrate

Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#attempts #butchers #crime #innocence #might

Again, it may be said, that to love justice and equality the people need no great effort of virtue; it is sufficient that they love themselves. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#effort #equality #great #justice #love

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#freedom #ignorant #keeping #lies #people

The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#general #governs #individual #private #rules