On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
The prison to which the new ministry were dooming the National Assembly, in addition to its being the high altar and castle of despotism, became the proper object to begin with.
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Thomas Paine
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In his defense of the French Revolution, Paine explains why the Bastille, a symbol of despotism, was the appropriate target for the revolutionaries.
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