“[Translated]: The tree of liberty only grows when watered by the blood of tyrants.”
L'arbre de la liberté ne croit qu'arrosé par le sang des tyrans.
Speech in the Convention Nationale, 1792.
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L'arbre de la liberté ne croit qu'arrosé par le sang des tyrans.
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Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac 2
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