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Saint-Just

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“You who make the laws, the vices and the virtues of the people will be your work.”
— (Autumn 1792) [Source: Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, vol. 1 (2 vols., Paris, 1908), p. 380]
“One cannot reign innocently: the insanity of doing so is evident. Every king is a rebel and a usurper.”
— On ne peut point régner innocemment : la folie en est trop évidente. Tout roi est un rebelle et un usurpateur.
“In the circumstances in which the Republic finds itself, the constitution cannot be inaugurated; it would destroy itself ... The provisional government of France is revolutionary until there is peace.”
— (October 10, 1793) [Source: Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, vol. 2 (2 vols., Paris, 1908), pp. 83-88]
“The Revolution is frozen; all its principles are weakened; there remains only red caps worn by intriguers. The exercise of terror has made crime blasé, as strong liquors made the palace blasé.”
— Fragment 3 (1794). [Source: Saint-Just, Fragments sur les institutions républicaines]
“Citizens, by what illusion could one persuade himself that you are inhuman. Your Revolutionary Tribunal has condemned three hundred rascals to death in a year. Has not the Spanish Inquisition done worse than that ... Have the English assizes butchered no one in that period? ... What of the kings of Europe, does anyone prate to them of pity? Ah, do not allow yourselves to grow soft-hearted!”
— Speech to the National Convention (February 26, 1794). [Source: Charles Vellay (ed.), Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, Vol. 2 (2 vols., Paris, 1908), pp. 236-237]
“I am not of any faction, I will fight them all.”
— Je ne suis d'aucune faction, je les combattrai toutes.

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Notable quotes

“You who make the laws, the vices and the virtues of the people will be your work.”
— (Autumn 1792) [Source: Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, vol. 1 (2 vols., Paris, 1908), p. 380]
“One cannot reign innocently: the insanity of doing so is evident. Every king is a rebel and a usurper.”
— On ne peut point régner innocemment : la folie en est trop évidente. Tout roi est un rebelle et un usurpateur.
“In the circumstances in which the Republic finds itself, the constitution cannot be inaugurated; it would destroy itself ... The provisional government of France is revolutionary until there is peace.”
— (October 10, 1793) [Source: Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, vol. 2 (2 vols., Paris, 1908), pp. 83-88]
“The Revolution is frozen; all its principles are weakened; there remains only red caps worn by intriguers. The exercise of terror has made crime blasé, as strong liquors made the palace blasé.”
— Fragment 3 (1794). [Source: Saint-Just, Fragments sur les institutions républicaines]
“Citizens, by what illusion could one persuade himself that you are inhuman. Your Revolutionary Tribunal has condemned three hundred rascals to death in a year. Has not the Spanish Inquisition done worse than that ... Have the English assizes butchered no one in that period? ... What of the kings of Europe, does anyone prate to them of pity? Ah, do not allow yourselves to grow soft-hearted!”
— Speech to the National Convention (February 26, 1794). [Source: Charles Vellay (ed.), Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, Vol. 2 (2 vols., Paris, 1908), pp. 236-237]
“I am not of any faction, I will fight them all.”
— Je ne suis d'aucune faction, je les combattrai toutes.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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