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I became obnoxious to the Jacobins because I reprobated their aristocracy, which aimed at usurping all legitimate authority.

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• I became obnoxious to the Jacobins because I reprobated their aristocracy, which aimed at usurping all legitimate authority.

  

  Marquis de Lafayette