Louis XVI of France quotes

Louis XVI of France quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France.”
-- Louis XVI of France

Source : Last words of Louis XVI of France before he was executed by guillotine, January 21, 1793.

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“I have no intention of sharing my authority.”
-- Louis XVI of France

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“The interests of the state must come first.”
-- Louis XVI of France

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“We must define flattery and praise; they are distinct. Trajan was encouraged to virtue by the panegyric Pliny; Tiberius became obstinate in vice from the flattery of his senators.”
-- Louis XVI of France

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