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Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre, (May 6, 1758–July 28, 1794), known also to his contemporaries as "the Incorruptible", is one of the best known of the leaders of the French Revolution. He was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety, which oversaw the period of the French Revolution which is commonly known as the Reign of Terror. Politically, although a disciple of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, he became an extreme left-winger, and a capable articulator of these beliefs. He harnessed this talent as a means of rabble-rousing. These are his words of December 3, 1792:

“This is no trial; Louis is not a prisoner at the bar; you are not judges; you are - you cannot but be - statesmen, and the representatives of the nation. You have not to pass sentence for or against a single man, but you have to take a resolution on a question of the public safety, and to decide a question of national foresight. It is with regret that I pronounce, the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die, that the country may live.”

Citizen Louis Capet (Louis XVI of France) was guillotined on January 21, 1793.

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