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Robespierre has to contemplate the real possibility of the victory of his enemies—and his enemies of course are the enemies of the people. The day's sombre experience has, moreover, confirmed his idea, which has been growing in his mind, that sometimes the worst enemies of the people can be the people themselves. Generally he prefers the people as a rhetorical abstraction rather than as a concrete reality.
— Apr 11, 2023 10:23PM
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Jim
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[Letter from the Washerwomen of Piques:] You f—ing Robespierre henchman. You've got a cheek telling us to be good republicans and to get used to doing without food or linen—that you and those f—ing deputies wear, you who want for nothing and call yourselves republicans and sans-culottes. You pester us with your orders and you can go and be hanged along with all the Robespierres....
— Apr 10, 2023 09:08PM
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Robespierre's speech purported not to accuse; yet it did little else.... A word indicating conspiracy (conspirator, conspiracy, plot, faction, etc.) cropped up almost every single minute of his two-hour speech. Despite claiming to be preaching harmony, his speech performed discord and exudes menace. Robespierre's speech made him sound to deputies less like a man who is ready to die than a man who wants to kill.
— Apr 09, 2023 09:31PM
