Commenting upon the attack against religion and morality during the French Revolution, John Robison stated: of the world, the attack has been first made on the principles of Morality and Religion. The conspirators saw that till these are extripated, they have no chance of success; and their manner of proceeding shews that they consider Religion and Morality as inseparably connected together.'? After the death of the King in 1793, the leaders of the evolution, who now had total control of the government, set out to make terror the order of the day. This terror was not only applied to the common people but to each other as well. Robespierre and his followers, drunk with power, set out to wage war on civilization in the name of Socialism. The great criminals of history were not the people inspired by the worst motives, but the people for whom this distinction did not exist ... the doctrine that has produced all the worst atrocities in the history of the civilized world — namely, that "the end justifies the means" ... the community or nation which accepts the belief that everything is justifiable — lying, duplicity, treachery, and murder — in order to benefit the cause it has embraced, sells its soul to the devil. To hold this 49 The French Revolution ... In all those villainous machinations against the peace Revolution, Rationale for the acts that were to follow was expressed in this manner by Nesta Webster: