I am no courtier, nor moderator, nor Tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.


speech at the Jacobin Club, 27 April 1792; in G. Laurent (ed.) Le Défenseur de la Constitution (1939)

Maximilien Robespierre Quotes

I am no courtier, nor moderator, nor Tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.

I am no courtier, nor moderator, nor Tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.

I am no courtier, nor moderator, nor Tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.

I am no courtier, nor moderator, nor Tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.