Again, it may be said, that to love justice and equality the people need no great effort of virtue; it is sufficient that they love themselves.

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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.

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