#robbespierre

[whetstonefires]

@cineresis​ was telling me transformers things and i got stuck on the one character’s strikingly rapid marx=>stalin arc and was like, okay i know who’s the iconic historical poster boy that brings to mind.

my tablet stopped working about a third of the way through but I WAS NOT STYMIED.

BEHOLD...Voice of the Voiceless...The Incorruptible...Terrible...Head-Chopping...Robbetron!

Megaspierre?

[universaldoubts]

Heute Robbespierres Report "eat the rich" erleben...

[libertarianismdotorg]

Ever wonder why history keeps repeating itself? There's an "unavoidable conflict between the Liberty of the individual and the Power of society."

For more: http://bit.ly/1R3MWll

[danidandidaneee-blog]

the only way this movie could be improved is if they extend it to the end of the revolution

i'm sorry i just have a very specific history boner

[wa-nel]

|The artichoke heart| An Extract

The beret wearing barman listened to my outpouring, reached out for the Napoleon brandy and poured two shots. Two strangers toasted in silence. 

  “I think ze battle is won, mon cherie,” were the only words he spoken. He leaned over and kissed me on both…

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[shithistoricalfiguressaid]

Maximilian de Robbespierre

"Terror is nothing other than immediate, relentless and inflexible justice, and consequently he is an emanation of virtue." - 5 February 1794 to the Convention "Virtue, without terror is fatal; terror without virtue is powerless." - 5 February 1794 to the Convention "He who defends himself, accuses himself."