Maximilien Robespierre Quotes
The king must die so that the country can live.
Robespierre, Maximilien. Oeuvres de Maximilien Robespierre. Vol. 9, Presses Universitaires de France, 1958, p. 130.
Many American colonists had relatives and friends in England, and Paine argued that American independence would help and not het the English people.
The king would often walk alone or with only a few companions. His brother expressed concern about exposing the royal person to risk.
Quoted in somewhat different form by Richard Nixon
After the King’s appointment in 1921 she “advised” him on establishing this regime and operating the government. At a time that women could not even vote in England, Bell was a kingmaker and major power in an area of the world that was much more sexist than England at the time.
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a French lawyer and statesman who was one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. As a member of the Constituent Assembly and the Jacobin Club, he campaigned for universal manhood suffrage and the abolition both of celibacy for the clergy, and slavery. In 1791, Robespierre became an outspoken advocate for the citizens without a political voice, for their unrestricted admission to the National Guard, to public offices, and for the right to carry arms in self-defence. Robespierre played an important part in the agitation which brought about the fall of the French monarchy on 10 August 1792 and the summoning of a National Convention. His goal was to create a one and indivisible France, equality before the law, to abolish prerogatives and to defend the principles of direct democracy.
