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Jeanne-Marie Roland: It is for...

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It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.

Source: Defense, written at the Conciergerie, the night after cross-examination.
-- Jeanne-Marie Roland, (Mar 17 1754-1793), French revolutionary; Her salon became a forum for the Girondin revolutionary faction.


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