I vow to call a priest, in other words, charlatans, impostors, all those whom I shall see deviate from the line of the rights of man. - François-Noël Babeuf

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I vow to call a priest, in other words, charlatans, impostors, all those whom I shall see deviate from the line of the rights of man.

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About François-Noël Babeuf

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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