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He was a tyrant, they were his satellites and his hangmen.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “He was a tyrant, they were his satellites and his hangmen.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke describes Robespierre as a tyrant and his followers as complicit in his actions.
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