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MAXIMILIEN DE ROBESPIERRE 1758 - 1794

 

Maximilien de Robespierre 1758-1794

 



One of the top dogs in the
French Revolution, Maximilien de Robespierre was head of the radical Jacobins.

His was the Reign of Terror, which ruled September 5, 1793 until July 27, 1794.

The whole thing backfired and Robespierre himself was executed.

 

Robespierre and Public Speaking - The Virtue of Terror

On February 5, 1794, Maximilien de Robespierre delivered his speech The Virtue of Terror before the National Convention, which means that his audience was a crowd of around 750 men. This address is also called the Report on the Principles of Political Morality, or in more private circles How I Solved My Childhood Issues.

Robespierre spoke as the representative of the Committee of Public Safety, or Comité De Salut Public, a group of 9 to 12 men with the assigned task of eliminating foreign and domestic threats to national security. This Committee had been set up on April 6, 1793, and its members were elected by the National Convention.

However, the initial members were deemed to soft for the job and, in July 1793, were replaced by men who weren't afraid of alley cats. Robespierre was one of these replacements.

Now, in early 1794, the National Convention felt that their Committee of Public Safety ran a dictatorship. To this effect, Robespierre gave the above mentioned oration in which he shared his thoughts on the practice of terror.

Here is the speech in French: Les Principes de Morale Politique

Here is the speech in English: The Virtue of Terror

 


Robespierre and Public Speaking - Festival of the Supreme Being

On June 8, 1794, Robespierre delivered two speeches on occasion of the Festival of the Supreme Being, the Fête de l'Etre Suprême.

This festival took place in Paris. It started in the Tuileries Gardens with a ceremony and two speeches from Robespierre, after which the entire posse shuffled to the Field of Mars, Champ de Mars, which is the West Potomac Park of Paris, if you will.

Here is the speech in French: La Fête de l'Être Suprême

Here is the speech in English: Festival of the Supreme Being


 

And here is a photo of the Champ de Mars today. The picture was taken from the Eiffel Tower.


CHAMP DE MARS, PARIS, FRANCE
CHAMP DE MARS, PARIS, FRANCE



 

 

 

 

 

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