From My Friend Robespierre by Henri Beraud, 1825
“The most extravagant idea that can enter a politican’s head is the belief that all a people need to do to spread their own laws and constitution is to enter another nation with a sword.”
–Maximilien Robespierre, December 21, 1791
The quote was found in an interesting, haphazardly written novel-in-the-form-of-a-memoir rescued from the tottering piles at the San Francisco Library book sale.