President of France from 1871 to 1873 (1797-1877)
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He gave the orders to crush the Paris Commune in 1871, then became president of France at seventy-four. Before that: lawyer, historian, kingmaker in two revolutions, prime minister twice, and the man who brought Napoleon's body home.
Thiers rose as a liberal firebrand during the Bourbon Restoration, writing a ten-volume history of the French Revolution that was a political act in itself. He helped engineer the July Revolution of 1830 that put Louis Philippe on the throne, served as prime minister in 1836 and 1840, dedicated the Arc de Triomphe, and arranged Napoleon's return from Saint-Helena. After backing then opposing Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, he was arrested and expelled when Napoleon III seized power. He returned as a critic, opposed the Franco-Prussian War, then negotiated its end after France's defeat. In March 1871…
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You should never hand over a country to one man, whoever the man, whatever the circumstances.
It [a republic] is the form of government which divides us the least.
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