Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

Philosopher, military and political leader (1767-1794) · France · Politicians · Died at 26

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He was 26 when they guillotined him - the youngest man elected to France's National Convention, Robespierre's closest ally, and the designated voice for accusations that sent Danton and others to the scaffold. They called him the Archangel of Terror.

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1794Died28 July 17941793“A nation regenerates itself only upon heaps of corpses.”In their words17 October 1793Saint-Just quoting Mirabeau before members of the Committee of Public Safety, October 17, 1793. [Source: Saint-Just quoted in Eugene N.Read the whole statement

“In the circumstances in which the Republic finds itself, the constitution cannot be inaugurated; it would destroy itself ...”In their words10 October 1793(October 10, 1793) [Source: Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, vol. 2 (2 vols., Paris, 1908), pp. 83-88]Read the whole statement

“I have not found a single good man in government; I have found good only in the people.”In their wordsMarch 1793On declaring the Minister of War, Charles François Dumouriez, a traitor (March 1793). [Source: David William Bates, EnlightenmentRead the whole statement

1792“You who make the laws, the vices and the virtues of the people will be your work.”In their words(Autumn 1792) [Source: Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, vol. 1 (2 vols., Paris, 1908), p. 380]Read the whole statement

“When a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete.”In their words(Autumn 1792) [Source: Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, vol. 1 (2 vols., Paris, 1908), p. 264]Read the whole statement

“Peace and prosperity, public virtue, victory, everything is in the vigor of the laws. Outside of the laws everything is sterile and dead.”In their words(Autumn 1792) [Source: Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, vol. 1 (2 vols., Paris, 1908), p. 419]Read the whole statement

1767Born25 August 1767

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Bataille de Fleurus 1794

Bataille de Fleurus, 26 juin 1794, par Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse (Château de Versailles)

Execution de Robespierre full (cropped)

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Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

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A nation regenerates itself only upon heaps of corpses.
Oct 17, 1793, Saint-Just quoting Mirabeau before members of the Committee of Public Safety, October 17, 1793. [Source: Saint-Just quoted in Eugene N., Own words
In the circumstances in which the Republic finds itself, the constitution cannot be inaugurated; it would destroy itself ...
Oct 10, 1793, (October 10, 1793) [Source: Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, vol. 2 (2 vols., Paris, 1908), pp. 83-88], Own words
I have not found a single good man in government; I have found good only in the people.
Mar 1793, On declaring the Minister of War, Charles François Dumouriez, a traitor (March 1793). [Source: David William Bates, Enlightenment, Own words

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Father: Louis Jean de Saint-Just de Richebourg

About this person

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just was born 25 August 1767 and elected to the National Convention so young he became its youngest member, joining the Mountain faction and forging a tight bond with Robespierre. His eloquence and uncompromising push for equality made him the Robespierrists' designated speaker: he launched the accusations against Danton, against Hébert, against the Girondins and Indulgents in turn. He helped draft the Constitution of Year I and its Declaration of Rights, pushed to confiscate enemy property for poor patriots, abolished departmental revolutionary tribunals to centralize repression in Paris, and took credit for salvaging the Army of the Rhine and the republican victory at Fleurus. On 9 Thermidor, Year II, he rose to defend Robespierre against Barère and Tallien, was arrested with him, and went silent. The next day, 28 July 1794, he was guillotined on the Place de la Révolution alongside 104 other Robespierrists and thrown into a mass grave.

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