“A nation of monkeys with the throat of parrots. [Note to Mirabeau, speaking of France]” — Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès Copy Share Image
“What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been hitherto in the political order? Nothing. What does it desire to be? Something.” — Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès Copy Share Image
“J'ai vécu. (Translation: I have survived or I existed.) [After the Reign of Terror, when asked what he had done during that period]” — Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès Copy Share Image
“A nation of monkeys with the throat of parrots. [Note to Mirabeau, speaking of France]” — Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès Copy Share Image
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