Georges Jacques Danton
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Biography
Georges Jacques Danton was a French politician and leading figure of the French Revolution. A modest and unknown lawyer on the eve of the Revolution, Danton became a famous orator of the Cordeliers Club and was raised to governmental responsibilities as the French Minister of Justice following the fall of the monarchy on the tenth of August 1792, and was allegedly responsible for inciting the September Massacres.
"We must dare and dare again and go on daring."
"At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned."
"Audacity more audacity always audacity."
"Audacity more audacity always audacity."
"We must dare and dare again and go on daring."
"At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power finally rests with the most abandoned."