“The People is always worth more than individuals.”

As quoted in Portrayals of Revolution, Images, Debates, and Patterns of Thought on the French Revolution, p. 27, by Noel Parker, Southern Illinois University Press

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French revolutionary lawyer and politician 1758–1794

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