“You complain that I have committed illegal acts. Of course I have. We all have. The Revolution is illegal. The fall of the Bastille was illegal. The formation of this republic was illegal, as illegal as liberty itself. Citizens, did you want a revolution without a revolution?”

— Maximilien Robespierre

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Original: (fr) Citoyens, vouliez-vous une révolution sans révolution?

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French revolutionary lawyer and politician 1758–1794

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