“One cannot reign innocently: the insanity of doing so is evident. Every king is a rebel and a usurper.”

— Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

On ne peut point régner innocemment : la folie en est trop évidente. Tout roi est un rebelle et un usurpateur.
Sur le jugement de Louis XVI (1er discours) http://www.royet.org/nea1789-1794/archives/discours/stjust_jugement_louis16_1_13_11_92.htm, speech to the National Convention (November 13, 1792).

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