1794 ⟶ Robespierre Defends the Terror
February 5: Robespierre lectures the convention on the neces...
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1794
🗣️ Robespierre Defends the Terror
February 5: Robespierre lectures the convention on the necessity for the Terror: "The foundations of a popular government in a revolution are virtue and terror; terror without virtue is disastrous; and virtue without terror is powerless. The Government of the Revolution is the despotism of liberty over tyranny."⟶
French RevolutionRobespierreReign of TerrorVirtueTerrorPolitical PhilosophyJustificationIdeologyPopular GovernmentRevolutionary Government