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Formerly, when a king died at versailles the reign of his successor was immediately announced by the cry: "the king is dead, long live the king", in order to make it understood that despotism is immortal! now an entire people, moved by a sublime instinct, cried: long live the republic! to teach the universe that tyranny died with the tyrant.
-Maximilien Robespierre
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Formerly, When A King Died At Versailles

Maximilien Robespierre
Formerly, when a king died at versailles the reign of his successor was immediately announced by the cry: "the king is dead, long live the king", in order to make it understood that despotism is immortal! now an entire people, moved by a sublime instinct, cried: long live the republic! to teach the universe that tyranny died with the tyrant.
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