1758. Maximilian Robespierre was born

255 years ago, on May 6, 1758, Maximilian Marie Isidor de Robespier, the leader of the Jacobins during the Great French Revolution, was born.

Having headed the revolutionary government in 1793, he proclaimed mass terror against the "enemies of the revolution."

Robespierre claimed: “Of course, there was no need for a revolution to find out that the extreme inequality of property is a source of many troubles and many crimes. Nevertheless, we are convinced that property equality is a chimera. As for me, I believe that it is even less necessary for personal happiness than for public prosperity. ”