“There has never been anything great in the world except through the courage and resolve of one man who defies the prejudices of the multitude.”

— François-Noël Babeuf

Il ne s'est jamais rien fait de grand dans le monde que par le courage et la fermeté d'un seul homme qui brave les préjugés de la multitude.
[in Gracchus Babeuf avec les Egaux, Jean-Marc Shiappa, Les éditions ouvrières, 1991, 43, 27082 2892-7]
On prejudices

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