There has never been anything great done in the world except through the courage and resolve of one man who defies the prejudices of the multitude. - François-Noël Babeuf

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There has never been anything great done in the world except through the courage and resolve of one man who defies the prejudices of the multitude.

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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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L'avis que tu nous donnes sur la partie qu'on peut en tirer des femmes est sensé et judicieux; nous en profiterons. Nous connaissons toutes l'influences que peut avoir ce sexe intéressant qui ne supporte pas plus indifféremment que nous le joug de la tyrannie; et qui n'est doué d'un moindre courage, lorsqu'il s'agit de concourir à le briser.

I confess today in good faith that I am angry with myself for having formerly seen in a bad light, and the revolutionary government, and Robespierre and Saint-Just. I believe that these men were worth more on their own than all the revolutionaries together.

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