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Danton

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Danton
Georges Jacques . 1759--94, French revolutionary leader: a founder member of the Committee of Public Safety (1793) and minister of justice (1792--94). He was overthrown by Robespierre and guillotined


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There comes a Mirabeau or a Danton, a Robespierre or a Napoleon, or proconsuls, or an emperor, and there is an end of deliberations and debates.
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