Ainda do The Folio Book of Days pa'gina 39

February 1


William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister, in the House of Commons, 1793. France declared war this day, Louis XVI having been executed on the 31 January.


They [the French] have stated that they would organise every country by a disorganising principle; and afterwards they tell you this is done by the will of the people. And then comes this plain question, what is the will of the people? It is the power of the French ...
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