. . . Kings, aristocrats, tyrants, whoever they be, are slaves rebelling against the sovereign of the earth, which is the human race, and against the legislator of the universe, which is nature.[trans. G. Rudé; A Proposed Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen].
-Maximilien de Robespierre
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