Maximilien Robespierre: The Reign of Terror

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  @killermfkaty · 8 years ago

  It's always amazed me that Maximilen started off fighting for no imprisonment without trial to condemning many to death, without trial.

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  @somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821 · 7 years ago

  the classic case of living long enough to become the villain

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  @MightyMattTM · 6 years ago

  “They fled to an unused palace” has to be the single most decisive sentence to explain why France revolted.

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  @mauricewatkins8968 · 5 years ago

  Robespierre is the perfect example of the legendary saying: “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”

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  @Ryattt81 · 6 years ago

  A few years ago I tried to sum up the French revolution in a limeric.<br>&quot;There was a man named Robespierre, who lamented how life was unfair, he beheaded the royals, and everyone loyal, then anyone else he could spare.

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  @cuthulux · 7 years ago

  I know things have to be cut for time, but it&apos;s a shame you couldn&apos;t include the fact that he sentenced his childhood friend Danton to the guillotine as well. I feel like that really showed how far he had fallen.

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  @TheGoddamnJefe · 7 years ago

  It seems as if everyone lost their heads over the French Revolution.<br><br>I’ll see myself out.

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  @Psychol-Snooper · 8 years ago

  Robespierre started his judicial career as an adamant opponent of the death penalty, and then became the chief executioner of the Republic. He should have stuck to the morality of his earlier years and he might have died as the father of his nation.

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  @joseherrera2338 · 7 years ago

  Robespierre is a darkly glaring examples of: &apos;you become what you oppose&apos;.

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  @ju4ndelacruz · 5 years ago

  a doctor, a fireman, a personal trainer, a plumber, and now art historian. this man can do anything..

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  @TheThingInMySink · 6 years ago (edited)

  &quot;like Saturn, the Revolution devours its children.&quot; -Jacques Mallet du Pan

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  @buck6021 · 6 years ago

  Actually, Robespierre never got the power to order an execution alone, he was part of the committee which did so alongside of eleven other men. The reign of terror was a fight between several factions for power and Robespierre was one of the numerous participants in this carnage. But as always, it&apos;s up to the victors to write history and Robespierre became the scapegoat for those who remained to distance themselves from all the bloodshed they were a part of.

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