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Sun May-21-06 06:27 PM
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The fun things people say. This week: Madame Roland of France |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/madame-roland1754–93, French revolutionary. Imbued with classical ideals and with the philosophy of Rousseau, she made her house the intellectual center of the Girondists, and her influence on Girondist policy was great. Her husband, Jean Marie Roland de la Platière, rose to prominence in the Revolution largely as a result of her ambition and political connections. When her party fell Mme Roland was arrested; as she walked to the guillotine she cried, “O Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name!”
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Sun May-21-06 07:16 PM
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1. But Marie Antoinette was better... |
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on her way up to the guillotine, she stepped on the foot of the executioner and said "Monsieur, I ask your pardon. I did not do it on purpose"...
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