Tom Holland

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

From the earliest days, he is unswerving in his opinions. matched

He doesn't trim, he doesn't tap, he doesn't alter them. matched

These principles are essentially a completely resolute commitment to popular sovereignty, to the will of the people. matched

a profound sympathy for the people, a sense of identification with them, and an opposition to autocratic government. matched

The consistency with which he holds these principles makes him seem to both his friends and indeed his enemies very unusual. matched

It gives him a kind of austere reputation. matched

Even those who dislike him are forced to respect him. matched

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an absolute commitment to his own ferociously high moral standards. matched

He is unbribable. matched

And again, this makes him pretty much unique among all the various French revolutionaries. matched

Obvious contrast is with Danton, who is cheerfully corrupt. matched

But basically everyone is pocketing bribes left, right, and center. matched

Robespierre never does. matched

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And again, this makes him seem so unusual to his admirers as to kind of make him seem a unique figure. matched

And again, it's kind of redolent of Plutarch, this idea of the heroes of the early Roman Republic, people who are completely austere in their personal habits, completely committed to principles of moral virtue. matched

And he serves, I think, the revolution as a model of what civic and revolutionary virtue could be and can be. matched

And ever since May 1791, he's been given this magnificent nickname, the incorruptible. matched

He is not a man who is going to give up the fashions that he likes just to demonstrate his virtue. matched

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