To every reversal of people's soveregnity, to every disappearance of the Republic corresponds a frank or disguised restitution in force of the regal justice. ‘'Tell me, according to what you judge and I'll tell you who you are. (François Mitterrand)

To every reversal of people's soveregnity, to every disappearance of the Republic corresponds a frank or disguised restitution in force of the regal justice. ‘'Tell me, according to what you judge and I'll tell you who you are.

François Mitterrand

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