Beaten Quote by Georges Danton

“Robespierre was unmoved by the mayhem he unleashed. “Terror is nothing other than prompt, severe, inflexible justice” he once declared.”

— David S. Kidder

And Robespierre, the Incorruptible, who loved us so much he cut off our heads so we would not be troubled by too many thoughts.

— Jennifer Donnelly

I will climb the gallows gladly and show to the world as to how bravely the revolutionaries can sacrifice themselves for the cause.

— Bhagat Singh

In spinning a robe of your own righteousness, before the sun goes down you will find it all unraveled.

— Curtis Hutson

“As the year goes on, certain deputies—and others, high in public life—will appear unshaven, without coat or cravat; or they will jettison these marks…

— Hilary Mantel

“I am bundled in the warmth of the price and the purchase, and its solid completion, as in royal robes-- marvelous these royal robes!…

— Quinesia Johnson

And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions of the People, then…

— Caleb Cushing

“For the mob is a congregation of compulsions. It does not matter who or what squats upon the altar: Robespierre, Beelzebub, Mussolini, Belial, any…

— Anthony M. Esolen

No man can put on the robes of Christ’s righteousness till he has taken off his own.

— Charles Spurgeon

As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.

— Corazon Aquino

There's enough filth on my robes without you touching them.

— Sirius Black

If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find…

— Mary McLeod Bethune