Camille Desmoulins (Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins) Quotes

I shall die in the belief that to make France free, republican and prosperous, a little ink would have sufficed - and only one guillotine.

Camille Desmoulins

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• France
• Prosperous
• Guillotine

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  Camille Desmoulins
  • Revolution
  • Belief
  • Republican