“Mystery and terror are the bulwarks of tyranny.”

“It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your government therefore resemble despotism? Yes, as the sword that gleams in the hands of the heroes of liberty resembles that with which the henchmen of tyranny are armed ... The government of the revolution is liberty's despotism against tyranny. Is force made only to protect crime”

“Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.”

“The patience and forbearance of the poor are among the strongest bulwarks of the rich.”

“The revolutionary Terror, which is attacked for its revolutionary tribunal, its law of suspects and its guillotine, was a process welded to a regime of popular sovereignty in which the object was to conquer tyranny or die for liberty. This Terror was willed by those who, having won sovereign power by dint of insurrection, refused to let this be destroyed by counter-revolutionary enemies”

“The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime.”