Francois Guizot Quotes


It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.


Citations

Guizot, François. General History of Civilization in Europe. Translated by C. S. Henry, D. Appleton & Company, 1838.

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Francois Guizot
Francois Guizot
  • Born: October 4, 1787
  • Died: September 12, 1874
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  • Profession: Historian

François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848. A moderate liberal who opposed the attempt by King Charles X to usurp legislative power, he worked to sustain a constitutional monarchy following the July Revolution of 1830.