Tag: revolutions

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OmegaPaladin
By OmegaPaladin
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La Révolution est comme Saturne : elle dévore ses propres enfants. Translation: The revolution is like Saturn: It devours its own children. Pierre Vergniaud, French revolutionary These were the last word of a French revolutionary, a talented orator and advocate of liberty, equality, and fraternity. He, like many other revolutionaries, ended up having a date with […]

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Susan Quinn
By Susan Quinn
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[This quotation speaks to the differences between the British (1640) and American Revolutions, compared to the French (1789) and Russian (1917) Revolutions] The difference was that the British and American revolutions, led by the Puritans, were inspired by the Hebrew Bible. The French and Russian revolutions were inspired by philosophy. Rousseau’s in the first, Karl […]

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