French Revolution famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Here, the revolution was prepared. Here it was achieved. Here all the great events were fostered.
-- Georges Couthon -
When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control.
-- Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau -
In a few days, I will have them all guillotined in Paris.
-- Jean-Paul Marat -
The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don't build on the past. There is no past.
-- John Corigliano -
I trust we shall never be reduced to the painful extremity of seeking the aid of Mirabeau.
-- Marie Antoinette -
It [August 10th 1792] was the bloodiest day of the Revolution so far, but also one of the most decisive.
-- William Doyle