The Terror- The End Justifies the Means

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…to provide food for all of his citizens, policies to unite his nation, and measures taken to form a strong army, Robespierre would have never succeeded. But since he DID realize that he must use these means, and he DID end up using them, he achieved the all-important end that was the goal of everyone in France. The ends justified the means. Source: McKay, John P. A History of Western Society, 5th Edition. Houghton Mifflin, 1995.