Simone Weil — "The great error of the French Revolution was to believe that one could create a …"
The great error of the French Revolution was to believe that one could create a good society by decree.
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Book: The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind
Date: 1949 (posthumous)
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