Kings and emperors threaten us, but now you have thrown down the gauntlet to them. That gauntlet is the head of a king.


speech to the inhabitants of Liège and Hainault, 31 January 1793, in Robert Christophe Danton (1967)

Georges Danton Quotes

Kings and emperors threaten us, but now you have thrown down the gauntlet to them. That gauntlet is the head of a king.

Kings and emperors threaten us, but now you have thrown down the gauntlet to them. That gauntlet is the head of a king.

Kings and emperors threaten us, but now you have thrown down the gauntlet to them. That gauntlet is the head of a king.

Kings and emperors threaten us, but now you have thrown down the gauntlet to them. That gauntlet is the head of a king.