I Have Often Said That Just As The French Revolution, For Instance, Understood Itself Through Antiquity, I Think Our Time Can Be Understood Through The French Revolution. It Is Quite A Natural Process To Use Other Times To Understand Your Own Time. - SearchQuotes

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I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through the French revolution. It is quite a natural process to use other times to understand your own time.

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