1792

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Citizens, would you want a revolution without revolution?

Maximilien Robespierre

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French Revolution Revolution

Author

Maximilien Robespierre

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

French

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

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Citation

Robespierre, Maximilien. Response a J. B. Louvet [Answer to Louvet's Accusation]. 5 Nov. 1792.

What is called monarchy, always appears to me a silly, contemptible thing. I compare it to something kept behind a curtain, about which there is a great deal of bustle and fuss, and a wonderful air of seeming solemnity; but when, by any accident, the curtain happens to be open, and the company see what it is, they burst into laughter.

Thomas Paine

Rights of Man

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Topic

Monarchy

Author

Thomas Paine

Source

Rights of Man

Genre

Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. Rights of man. Part the second. London: J. S. Jordan, 1792.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "Rights of Man Part the second." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009.