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Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible; it is therefore an emanation of virtue; it is not so much a special principle as it is a consequence of the general principle of democracy applied to our country's most urgent needs.
Maximilien Robespierre, Sur les principes de morale politique
French politician & revolutionary (1758 - 1794)  

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