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> [Food that is necessary for man’s existence is as sacred as life itself. Everything that is indispensable for its preservation is the common property of society as a whole. It is only the surplus that is private property and can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/food-that-is-necessary-for-man-s-existence-is-as-sacred-as-life/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

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## More by Maximilien Robespierre

> [The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/the-secret-of-freedom-lies-in-educating-people-whereas-the-secret-of/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible. It is then an emanation of virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/terror-is-only-justice-prompt-severe-and-inflexible-it-is-then-an/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/to-punish-the-oppressors-of-humanity-is-clemency-to-forgive-them-is/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your government therefore resemble despotism? Yes, as the sword that gleams…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/it-has-been-said-that-terror-is-the-principle-of-despotic-government/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [Smuggle out the truth, pass it through all the obstacles that its enemies fabricate; multiply, spread by all means possible her message so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/smuggle-out-the-truth-pass-it-through-all-the-obstacles-that-its/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [Omelets are not made without breaking eggs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/omelets-are-not-made-without-breaking-eggs/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/the-general-will-rules-in-society-as-the-private-will-governs-each/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [Establish liberty on a rock of brass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/establish-liberty-on-a-rock-of-brass/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [Pity is treason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/pity-is-treason/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [The revolution is the war of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/the-revolution-is-the-war-of-liberty-against-its-enemies-the/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/the-aim-of-constitutional-government-is-to-preserve-the-republic-that/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [Formerly, when a king died at Versailles the reign of his successor was immediately announced by the cry: "The king is dead, long live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/formerly-when-a-king-died-at-versailles-the-reign-of-his-successor/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [Food that is necessary for man’s existence is as sacred as life itself. Everything that is indispensable for its preservation is the common property…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/food-that-is-necessary-for-man-s-existence-is-as-sacred-as-life/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [lf the attribute of popular government in peace is virtue, the attribute of popular government in revolution is at one and the same time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/lf-the-attribute-of-popular-government-in-peace-is-virtue-the/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

> [Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/any-law-which-violates-the-inalienable-rights-of-man-is-essentially/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

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