Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution

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2009

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Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009)

In 1794, French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre produced the world's first defense of "state terror" - claiming that the road to virtue lay through political violence. This film combine... Read allIn 1794, French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre produced the world's first defense of "state terror" - claiming that the road to virtue lay through political violence. This film combines drama, archive and documentary interviews to examine Robespierre's year in charge of the... Read allIn 1794, French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre produced the world's first defense of "state terror" - claiming that the road to virtue lay through political violence. This film combines drama, archive and documentary interviews to examine Robespierre's year in charge of the Committee Of Public Safety - the powerful state machine at the heart of Revolutionary Fra... Read all

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely

More people should watch this, in these corona times. It's interesting to observe the personal gallery who rose to power, and how they then outmaneuvered each other. Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupt absolutely, as Lord Acton wrote. Or even more precisely: "The problem isn't the abuse of power; it's the power to abuse", as Michael Cloud put it.

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Hilary Mantel says that with the execution of Danton, Robespierre had lost the last link to his childhood. She appears to be confusing Danton with his close associate Camille Desmoulins, who had indeed known Robespierre since childhood (they both attended the College Louis-le-Grand).