XXIX. When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and each portion of the people, the most sacred of rights and the most indispensable of duties. (Maximilien Robespierre)

XXIX. When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and each portion of the people, the most sacred of rights and the most indispensable of duties.

Maximilien Robespierre

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