“If the people are sovereign, they must themselves exercise as much as they can of the sovereignty.”

—  François-Noël Babeuf

Si le peuple est souverain, il doit exercer lui-même tout le plus qu'il peut de souveraineté.
[Gracchus Babeuf avec les Egaux, Jean-Marc Shiappa, Les éditions ouvrières, 1991, 31, 27082 2892-7, ; Journal de la confédération, 1790]
The people and the citizens

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Si le peuple est souverain, il doit exercer lui-même tout le plus qu'il peut de souveraineté.

Le peuple et les citoyens

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