“To form a truly free constitution, that’s to say, truly just and wise, the first point, the main point, the capital point, is that all the laws be agreed on by the people, after considered reflection, and especially having taken time to see what’s at stake…”

Letter to Camille Desmoulins (1792-06-24) in Œuvres de Desmoulins p. 76ff

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