Terror is that which might be justified by history if the marxist ideal driving it is realized.
Terror is more effective in what is hinted at or guessed at than in that which is clearly known.
Terror , once it has grown transcendental, becomes a kind of courage; as frost sufficiently intense, according to the poet Milton, will burn.
Terror is the easiest way to gain control of the population. The public clamors for such laws if their personal security is threatened.
Terror is nothing but prompt, severe, inflexible justice... it is therefore an emanation of virtue. It is less a special principle than a consequence of the general principle of democracy applied to our country's most pressing needs.
Terror is a historically justified strategy of the working class to demonstrate their will and strength. It enabled them to break the political will of the intelligentsia, pacify the professional man of various categories and work, and gradually subordinate them to its own aims within the field of their specialties.