Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre:
(Arras, 6 May 1758 – Paris, 28 July 1794 or the 10th Thermidor of Year II).
French lawyer, statesman and member of the National Convention and the Comité de salut public during the French Revolution. He rose to prominence during the Reign of Terror and was responsible for a large number of arrests and victims by the guillotine.
The secret of freedom is to enlighten men, just as the secret of tyranny is to keep them in ignorance.
