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===The Reign Terror was from (27 June,1793 -27 July, 1794). This was a period of violence that occured for one year and one month. Maximillien Robespierre was the man behind all of this. He was the leader of the Commitee of Public Safety. He was the most powerful man in france at that time. The terror was designed to fight the enemies of the revolution to prevent counter-revolution from gaining around. In his speech called The Justification OfThe Use Of Terror Robespierre explained how terror would lead to republic of virtue in a speech tothe National Convention. The speech declared "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 has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your government therefore resemble despotism? Yes, as the sword that gleams in the hands of the heroes of liberty resembles that with which the henchmen of tyranny are armed". In other words he was trying to say that people can't survive here without terror and they must obey what he says. If they don't then they will be killed under The Guillotine. The Guillotine was named after Dr. Louis Guillotin. It was used to kill anyone who didn't follow the rules.media type="custom" key="7139323"===