\"Thepoorandvirtuouspeople，\"murmuredRobespierre。
\"Andeven，\"continuedPayan，\"ifourdesignattheFetefailus，wemustnotshrinkfromtheresourcesstillatourcommand。
Reflect!Henriot，thegeneraloftheParisianarmy，furnishesyouwithtroopstoarrest；theJacobinClubwithapublictoapprove；inexorableDumaswithjudgeswhoneveracquit。Wemustbebold!\"
\"AndweAREbold，\"exclaimedRobespierre，withsuddenpassion，andstrikinghishandonthetableasherose，withhiscresterect，asaserpentintheacttostrike。\"Inseeingthemultitudeofvicesthattherevolutionarytorrentmingleswithcivicvirtues，Itrembletobesulliedintheeyesofposteritybytheimpureneighbourhoodoftheseperversemenwhothrustthemselvesamongthesinceredefendersofhumanity。What!——theythinktodividethecountrylikeabooty!Ithankthemfortheirhatredtoallthatisvirtuousandworthy!Thesemen，\"——andhegraspedthelistofPayaninhishand，——\"these!——notWE——havedrawnthelineofdemarcationbetweenthemselvesandtheloversofFrance!\"
\"True，wemustreignalone!\"mutteredPayan；\"inotherwords，thestateneedsunityofwill；\"working，withhisstrongpracticalmind，thecorollaryfromthelogicofhisword-compellingcolleague。