Zhou Enlai Quotes
It is too early to tell.
Chou En-lai, 1898-1976, Chinese Premier, 1949-1976, Quoted in “Western Europe,” Foreign Affairs, September/October 2003, Well-known response to a question on the effects of the French Revolution.
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Many of the French Revolutionists viewed the French Revolution as only the first step in a European revolution where all monarchies in Europe would be overthrown and popular rule installed throughout the continent. This obviously made the crowned heads of Europe and their governments very nervous. Other French Revolutionaries however, wanted to assure the rest of Europe that the revolution was only a French affair so that they should not send troops to overthrow the French Revolution. See {585773} for a foreign policy type statement. It is probable that Warville’s desire was shared by most French revolutionary leaders but they were more circumspect in their public and official statements.
She had been asked what she had hoped to accomplish be killing Marat. Of all people Marat had been the most active and vigorous in calling for the beheading of thousands in the French Revolution. It was known as the Reign of Terror.
While France was in the midst of a violent revolution, the American debate was on the power and prestige of the Presidency. Then Vice President John Adams was a proponent of a strong executive. Most others were not.
Her daughter did not then take the advice and when she did regret it, as her mother had warned, it was too late. She was executed in the French Revolution. It is by no means clear however that had she taken the advice and respected the French customs more, the result would have been any different. The revolutionary forces of France at the time were building and the Queen’s behavior gave the revolutionists a soft target, but there were many other troubles in France---most much more important than court behavior of the queen.
This newspaper was his communications outlet.
This was the group that decided who was to be executed in the Reign of Terror
The French Revolution was out of control and terribly bloody. Most Americans and even English who supported the principles and reasons for the French revolution ceased their support because of the Reign of Terror. Jefferson, however, saw a link between France and American democracy and was reluctant to end support.
The slogan was made famous by James Larkin, 1875–1947, Irish trade union leader who used it frequently and whose memorial statue in Dublin contains the quotation in French, English and Irish.
There were many Americans who were Tories and proBritish. There were also many who, while they were not pro British, were not enthusiastic about the Revolution and the death and devastation that it brought. In France however, the American Revolution was seen in much more romantic and theoretical terms. See {621958} and {621957}.
Zhou Enlai, Wade-Giles transliteration Chou En-lai, was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China. From October 1949 until his death in January 1976, Zhou was China's head of government. Zhou served under Chairman Mao Zedong and helped the Communist Party rise to power, later helping consolidate its control, form its foreign policy, and develop the Chinese economy.
