5 Maximilien Robespierre Quotes on Philosophy

Maximilien Robespierre quotes on philosophy

4. Our revolution has made me feel the full force of the axiom that history is fiction and I am convinced that chance and intrigue have produced more heroes than genius and virtue.

8. By sealing our work with our blood, we may see at least the bright dawn of universal happiness.

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

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

24. What is the end of our revolution? The tranquil enjoyment of liberty and equality; the reign of that eternal justice, the laws of which are graven, not on marble or stone, but in the hearts of men, even in the heart of the slave who has forgotten them, and in that of the tyrant who disowns them.