[redacted: no source given]. Author: Maximilien Robespierre Copy Quote More from Maximilien Robespierre “To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.” “Our revolution has made me feel the full force of the axiom that history is fic…” “The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate ind…” “A sensibility that wails almost exclusively over the enemies of liberty seems s…”