- Nov 07, 2020
French Revolution Quotes
Reflections on liberty, upheaval, and historic change
The French Revolution remains a defining historical turning point, remembered for its ideals of liberty and its lasting influence on politics far beyond France. These quotes examine that legacy through a neutral lens, similar to our art quotes collection on cultural change.
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The French Revolution actualised the Enlightenment's greatest intellectual breakthrough: detaching the political from the theocratic.
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The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.
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The French Revolution will be found to have had great influence on the strength of parties, and on the subsequent political transactions of the United States.
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