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The passage below is an excerpt from Robespierre's On the Moral and Political Principles of Domestic Policy (1794). Use this passage to answer the following question:



We must smother the internal and external enemies of the Republic or perish with it; now in this situation, the first maxim of your policy ought to be to lead the people by reason and the people's enemies by terror.



If the spring of popular government in time of peace is virtue, the springs of popular government in revolution are at once virtue and terror: virtue, without which terror is fatal; terror, without which virtue is powerless. Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible; it is therefore an emanation of virtue; it is not so much a special principle as it is a consequence of the general principle of democracy applied to our country's most urgent needs.


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Which statement best summarizes Robespierre's argument? (5 points)

Violence is equally regrettable no matter which side uses it.

Revolutions must be ruthless in destroying the enemies of the people.

The violence of the Reign of Terror was a mistake, but was limited.

In a revolution, the frenzy of the people cannot be controlled by law.

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Answer 5

I admit that I like this question, so I want to take a gander, if it's good by you guys.

I feel that Robespierre is making the point that revolutions must be ruthless in destroying the enemies of the people. His first paragraph clearly states his position; the second paragraph only serves, I believe, to justify this position, and I say this because he delves into the usefulness and rightness of the weapon that he thinks is the most proper and potent (terror).

I don't think he's saying: "Violence is equally regrettable no matter which side uses it." He never mentions this in the passage.

"Revolutions must be ruthless in destroying the enemies of the people." This sounds good. It sounds like his own words: "We must smother the internal and external enemies of the Republic or perish with it; now in this situation, the first maxim of your policy ought to be to lead the people by reason and the people's enemies by terror."

"The violence of the Reign of Terror was a mistake, but was limited." Whaa??? The Reign of Terror was never mentioned. I'm pretty sure we can eliminate that.

"In a revolution, the frenzy of the people cannot be controlled by law." I think that this detracts from the main focus of the passage, which is lauding terror as the perfect means to smite a particular foe.