French revolution Quote by David Lebovitz

“two white men were put on trial for a particularly gruesome set of murders in the French Congo; to celebrate Bastille Day, one had…

— Adam Hochschild

“The good news is that while you will get robbed if you stay in Paris long enough and are not vigilant, you’re very unlikely…

— James Laxer

“It has become somewhat trite, nowadays, to say that after so many years of destruction it is a kind of miracle that Paris is…

— Julien Green

“In countries of more advanced civilisation and of a more insurrectionary spirit, the public, accustomed to expect everything to be done for them by…

— John Stuart Mill

“Paris . . . is loath to surrender itself to people who are in a hurry; it belongs to the dreamers, to those capable…

— Elaine Sciolino

“The French Revolution gave history its first instance of modern leftist illiberalism -- an embrace of tyranny in the name of the people. All…

— Kim R. Holmes

“If these self-anointed leaders did not keep the people aroused with calls to preserve the Revolution, or to defend it from one imaginary foe…

— Robert Masello

“The Paris slums are a gathering-place for eccentric people–people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given up trying to be…

— George Orwell

“Who goes there?" At the same time, the click of guns, as they were lowered into position, was heard. Enjolras replied in a haughty…

— Victor Hugo

The murders in Paris are sickening, we stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press.

— David Cameron

"This is now the twelfth day of rioting in France. They have been rioting for almost two weeks. And France has still not surrendered.…

— Jay Leno

During my last voyage to America, I enjoyed the happiness of seeing that revolution completed, and, thinking of the one that would probably occur…

— Marquis de Lafayette