A New World Begins Quotes

“actions inevitably have unintended consequences.”
― Jeremy D. Popkin, A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution

“The most famous answer to the question, “What is a sans-culotte?” defined him as “a being who always goes on foot, who has no millions… and who lives simply on the fourth or fifth story with his wife and children, if he has any. He is useful, because he knows how to plow a field, to work a forge, a saw, a file, to cover a roof, make shoes and give the last drop of his blood for the Republic.”
― Jeremy D. Popkin, A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution

“The most extravagant idea that can arise in the head of a politician is to believe that it is enough for a people to enter a foreign territory with military force to get them to adopt our laws and our constitution. No one likes armed missionaries,”
― Jeremy D. Popkin, A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution