...the "holy Guillotine." To crown it all, Robespierre proclaimed a national faith in a Supreme Being. The idea of a great Being who watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is essentially the idea of the people. This is the sentiment of Europe and...

...neither as an individual not as a philosopher with a system, but as a representative of the people. Atheism is aristocratic. The idea of a great being who watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is essentially the idea for the people. This is the sentiment of Europe and...