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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 16130 |
| QUOTATION: | Clemency is also a revolutionary measure. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Camille Desmoulins (1760–1794), French journalist, revolutionary leader. Speech, July 14, 1789, to a crowd outside Palais Royal, Paris. Recalled by Desmoulins in his newspaper Le Vieux Cordelier (Jan 5, 1794). Desmoulins was guillotined together with his friend Danton. |
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