26 October 1759 – 5 April 1794
" Ah, better be a poor fisherman than meddle with the government of men!"
"No one has enough money to buy a man like me."
"This Committee is precisely what we want, a hand to grasp the weapon of the revolutionary tribunal"
"The kings of Europe would dare challenge us? We throw them the head of a king!"
"Committee of Clemency "
corrupt
indulgent and dangerous
much to admire very much