"In every Revolution a dictator is needed to save the state by force, or censors to save it by virtue."

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Political leadersPoliticians from FranceFrench revolutionariesEnlightenmentJacobins
Original Language: English

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Fragment 13 (1794). [Source: Saint-Just, Fragments sur les institutions républicaines]