[redacted: no source given]. Autore: Maximilien Robespierre Copy Quote More from Maximilien Robespierre “It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your…” “The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate ind…” “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…”