<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1613468d-d630-4f1f-9815-091aff8e7694/5A2A49BE-4379-4040-AED4-1C63671B12A7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maximilien_Robespierre&oldid=299154761" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maximilien_Robespierre&oldid=299154761" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maximilien_Robespierre&oldid=299154761"><P><B>Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre</B> (<SMALL>IPA: </SMALL><SPAN class="IPA" title="Pronunciation in IPA"><A title="Wikipedia:IPA" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA">[maksimiljɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa maʁi izidɔʁ də ʁɔbɛspjɛʁ]</A></SPAN>) (6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) is one of the best-known and influential figures of the <A title="French Revolution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution">French Revolution</A>. He largely dominated the <A title="Committee of Public Safety" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_Public_Safety">Committee of Public Safety</A> and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the <A title="Reign of Terror" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror">Reign of Terror</A> that ended with his arrest and execution in 1794.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maximilien_Robespierre&oldid=299154761"><P>Robespierre was influenced by 18th century Enlightenment <I>philosophes</I> such as <A title="Jean-Jacques Rousseau" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau">Jean-Jacques Rousseau</A> and <A class="mw-redirect" title="Montesquieu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montesquieu">Montesquieu</A>, and he was a capable articulator of the beliefs of the <A title="Left-wing politics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics">left-wing</A> <A title="Bourgeoisie" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourgeoisie">bourgeoisie</A>. He was described as physically unimposing and immaculate in attire and personal manners. His supporters called him "The Incorruptible", while his adversaries called him the "Tyrant" and <I>dictateur sanguinaire</I> (bloodthirsty dictator).</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maximilien_Robespierre&oldid=299154761"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD colspan="2"><A title="Maximilien Robespierre" class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robespierre.jpg"><IMG height="293" width="225" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Robespierre.jpg/225px-Robespierre.jpg" alt="Maximilien Robespierre" /></A> <P><SMALL>Robespierre c. 1790, (anonymous), <A class="mw-redirect" title="Musée Carnavalet" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet">Musée Carnavalet</A>, Paris, France</SMALL></p> </TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5A2A49BE-4379-4040-AED4-1C63671B12A7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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