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To: dfwgator
Robespierre was a midget compared to Napoleon.

Robespierre ruled only parts of France, and for only a brief period. He was a cruel fanatic, a revolutionary who only destroyed.

Unlike Napoleon, Robespierre was not a builder or innovator, and he had none of Napoleon's magnanimity to balance his destructive side.

186 posted on 09/01/2024 1:24:13 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97; dfwgator

That is true.

Robespierre was a kind of Khomeini of his era: a bloodthirsty „theocrat“ who could destroy but was unable to build, unable to compromise.

That was going to be his undoing.


187 posted on 09/01/2024 1:27:22 PM PDT by Menes
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