If virtue be the spring of a popular government in times of peace, - TopicsExpress



          

If virtue be the spring of a popular government in times of peace, the spring of that government during a revolution is virtue combined with terror: virtue, without which terror is destructive; terror, without which virtue is impotent. Terror is only justice prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country ... The government in a revolution is the despotism of liberty against tyranny -Robespierre hombre de ideas muy peligrosas!
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 20:21:44 +0000

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