Bertrand Barere de Vieuzac Quotes


It is only the dead who do not return.


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Bertrand Barere de Vieuzac, 1755-1841, French Revolutionist & Member of the National Assembly, Member of the Committee of Public Safety, Speech, 1794

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Bertrand Barere de Vieuzac
Bertrand Barere de Vieuzac
  • Born: September 10, 1755
  • Died: January 13, 1841
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  • Profession: Lawyer

Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac was a French politician, freemason, journalist, and one of the most prominent members of the National Convention, representing the Plain (a moderate political faction) during the French Revolution. The Plain was dominated by the radical Montagnards and Barère as one of their leaders supported the foundation of the Committee of Public Safety in April and of a sans-culottes army in September 1793. According to Francois Buzot, Barère was responsible for the Reign of Terror, like Robespierre and Louis de Saint-Just. In Spring 1794 and after the Festival of the Supreme Being, he became an opponent of Maximilien Robespierre and joined the coup, leading to his downfall.