Comrade Saltz, Do You Think That Robespierre Was Sorry for Danton When He Sent Him to the Guillotine?

Trotsky: We too brought many people before the firing squad. But there were two great chapters in the french revolution. When we did the shooting, we knew firmly what chapter were in. Do you see clearly in which chapter you are preparing to shoot us? I fear that you are about to do so in the termidorian chapter. This is no laughing matter. Revolution is a serious business. None of us is scared of firing squads.We are all old revolutionaries. But we must know who it is that is to be shot and what chapter it is that we are in.