Quotes by Maximilien Francois Robespierre

“The revolution ate its children”

“Omelettes are not made without breaking eggs”

“Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil”

“It is with regret that I pronounce the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die that the country may live”

“When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.”