Robespierre and The Reign of Terror

The reign of terror was mostly about struggles between rivals that took on violent character with executions by the guillotine. This reign of terror lasted for about 10 months after the french revolution had promised democracy. Max Robespierre was a very important part of the french revolution. He was also a influential member of the committee of public safety. He said "Terror is nothing other than prompt, severe, inflexible justice." On september 5 the convention institutionalized the terror : systematic and lethal repression of the enemies within the country. The result of was policy in which the state could use violence to kill people that were resistant to the government. The estimated total victims of the reign of terror was 40,000. 8% were aristocrats, 6% were clergy, 14% middle class, and 70% were workers or peasants accused of many sorts of crimes.