The EXECUTION of LOUIS XVI
"If we accept the proposition that one person can be sacrificed for the happiness of the many, it will soon be demonstrated that two or three or more could also be sacrificed for the happiness of the many."
--Jules Michelet, French Revolution historian
CITOYEN LOUIS CAPET: King No Longer
Olympe de Gouges, "What Have We Done?" January 21, 1793
"Little by little, we will find reasons for sacrificing the many for the happiness of the many, and we will think it was a bargain."
--Jules Michelet, French Revolution historian