Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, the Comte de Mirabeau, the man who had defied Louis XVI by opening the National Assembly, said, "In the final analysis, the people will judge the revolution by this fact alone-does it take more or less money? Are they better off? Do they have more work? And is that work better paid?
( Mark Kurlansky )
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