Georges Danton quotes
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“In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.”
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“We must dare, and dare again, and go on daring.”
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“Boldness, more boldness, and perpetual boldness!.”
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“At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned.”
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“In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.”
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“You [Robespierre] will follow us soon. Your house will be beaten down and salt sown in the place where it stood.”
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“I have left my balls to Robespierre and my legs to Couthon. That should help the Committee of Public Safety for a while.”
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“One must never compromise with tyrants. One can only strike at kings through the head. Nothing can be expected from European kings except by force of arms. I vote for the death of the tyrant.”
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“Boldness, and again boldness, and always boldness!”
-- Georges DantonSource : Speech to Legislative Committee of General Defence, 2 Sept. 1792
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“After bread, education is the first need of the people.”
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“To dare, and again dare, and forever dare!”
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“Audacity, more audacity, always audacity.”
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“Audacity, and again, audacity, and always audacity.”
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“Show my head to the people. It is worth seeing.”
-- Georges DantonSource : Quoted in Thomas Carlyle, History of the French Revolution (1837)
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“My only regret is that I'm going before that rat, Robespierre! [to his executioner] Don't forget to show my head to the people; it's well worth seeing.”
-- Georges DantonSource : Last words, 1794.
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