Pierre Vergniaud

thumb Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (May 31, 1753 – October 31, 1793) was a leader in the French Revolution and one of its most celebrated orators. Quotes Citoyens, il est à craindre que la révolution, comme Saturne, ne dévore successivement tous ses enfants et n’engendre enfin le despotisme avec les calamités qui l’accompagnent. Citizens, we have reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, will successively devour all its children, and finally produce despotism, with the calamities that accompany it. Quoted by F.A.M. Mignet, Histoire de la révolution française (1824), ch. 7 [original French and English translation] External links Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud Category:Orators Category:Politicians from France Category:Executed people Category:1753 births Category:1793 deaths Category:French revolutionaries Category:People of the French Revolution