Title: How Does Robespierre Justify the Use of Terror? Would Some People Still Agree with His Ideas? Essay - 678 Words
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How Does Robespierre Justify the Use of Terror? Would Some People Still Agree with His Ideas?
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Content: Throughout his life, much of Robespierre's political thinking can be brought back to Rousseau's ideology. From early in his life, Robespierre apposed violence. While he worked as a judge in rural France, Robespierre was upset when his job made him sentence a convicted killer to death. He quit his position as judge because of this. Even in the early stages of the revolution Robespierre was pleased that the revolt in which he participated had been able to be successful without the evil of bloodshed. One can only conjecture what caused him to change from the peace loving rational of...
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Justification for the Use of Terror Essay
...September 9th, 2009   Maximilien Robespierre was the leader of The Committee of Public Safety during the radical phase of the french revolution. Robespierre played a big role in the Reign of Terror. Once a liberal thinker, he lost his belief in people. This caused him to become very radical in his actions (Justification for the Use of Terror (p. 1)). Hundreds of people were condemned to prison while others were executed, because they didn't agree with his beliefs.