The Voice of the Counterrevolution
Count of Artois to Calonne, August 8, 1790: We must serve the king and the queen in spite of themselves. This is the authentic voice, the most perfect expression, of the counterrevolution: We are the saviors of the old regime, we will save the old regime from itself, we will—shades of Rousseau—force it to be free.
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