“We shall distinguish in Robespierre two men, apostle of liberty, and Robespierre the most infamous of tyrants.”

— François-Noël Babeuf

Nous distinguerons dans Robespierre deux hommes apôtre de la liberté et Robespierre le plus infâme des tyrans.
[in Gracchus Babeuf avec les Egaux, Jean-Marc Shiappa, Les éditions ouvrières, 1991, 79, 27082 2892-7, ; Tribun du peuple n°2 du 17 fructidor an II (3 septembre 1794)]
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