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The Rest Is History · 708. The Terror: The Reign of Robespierre (Part 2) · 23 Sep 2026 podcast

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Not just the metric system, but the language of rights and that kind of thing. matched

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by and large, for the British, it's just mad people chopping each other's heads off.

And do you know the person who magnificently, magnificently summed this up?

I do.

I know what you're

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an interview that Madame Thatcher gave in 1989 to Le Monde. matched

1989, of course, was the bicentennial of Bastille Day, the start of the French Revolution. matched

It was part of a series of interviews with leaders from the G7 who were attending a summit in Paris. matched

And all the other six leaders were incredibly respectful of the revolution and everything that it had given humanity. matched

So all this language of rights and stuff. matched

Mrs. Thatcher, absolutely uncompromising refusal to be diplomatic. matched

And she said that the revolution was a terrible thing. matched

Up to the final death of Robespierre.

Oh, it was an age of terror.

It was an age of terror.

We did ours much more quietly.

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