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François-Noël Babeuf Quotes

French political agitator and journalist (1760-1797)

François-Noël Babeuf, known as Gracchus Babeuf, (23 November 1760 - 27 May 1797) (8 prairial year V), was a French revolutionary. He fomented the conjuration des Égaux (conspiracy of the Equals) against the Directory to enforce the constitution of 1793. He was guillotined. His doctrine babouvisme (Babeufism) is a precursor of communism.

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Native Name: Gracchus Babeauf
Alternative Names: Gracchus Babeuf • François Noel Baboeuf • François-Noël Baboeuf • François Noël Babeuf • François-Noel Baboeuf • François Noel Babeuf

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La féodalité n'est qu'un système d'Esclaves et de Tyrans; ma patrie veut-être libre, ne peut plus rien conserver dans ce qui tient à ce système.

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The knowledge of feudal practices is the reason why I was perhaps the most formidable scourge of feudalism.

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La connaissance des pratiques féodales « est la raison pour laquelle je fus peut-être le plus redoutable fléau de la féodalité. »

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It was in the dust of the seigneurial archives that I discovered the frightful mysteries of the usurpations of the noble caste.

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Ce fut dans la poussière des archives seigneuriales que je découvris les affreux mystères des usurpations de la caste noble.

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