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If the people are sovereign, they must themselves exercise as much as they can of the sovereignty. - François-Noël Babeuf
" "If the people are sovereign, they must themselves exercise as much as they can of the sovereignty.
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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
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François Noel Baboeuf
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François-Noël Baboeuf
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François Noël Babeuf
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François-Noel Baboeuf
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François Noel Babeuf
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The ultimate ideal of Babeuf and his Conspiracy was absolute equality. Nature, they claimed, calls for perfect equality; all inequality is injustice: therefore community of property was to be established. ... In the ideal communist society sought by the Conspiracy, private property would be abolished, and all property would be communal and stored in communal storehouses. From these storehouses, the goods would be distributed “equitably” by the superiors — apparently, there was to be a cadre of “superiors” in this oh so “equal” world!
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