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Maximilien Robespierre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Convention, moved by Robespierre's eloquence, at first passed his motions; but he was replied to by Joseph Cambon the financier, Billaud-Varenne, Amar and Vadier, and the Convention rescinded their decrees and referred Robespierre's question to their committees. |
| | Jean Lambert, Tallien, Billaud-Varenne and Vadier again attacked Robespierre; cries of "Down with the tyrant!" were raised; and, when Robespierre hesitated in his speech in answer to these attacks, the words "C'est le sang de Danton qui t'étouffe" ("The blood of Danton chokes you") showed what was uppermost in the minds of the Montagnards. |
| | He was rescued from his prison, with the other deputies, by the troops of the Commune and brought to the Hôtel de Ville. |
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