Of Marie-Antoinette:

I thought ten thousand swords must have leapt from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.


Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)

Edmund Burke Quotes

I thought ten thousand swords must have leapt from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.

I thought ten thousand swords must have leapt from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.

I thought ten thousand swords must have leapt from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.

I thought ten thousand swords must have leapt from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.