Four times in succession the majority has no desire to break customary rules, or, at the very least, to infringe on any rule universally accepted, to wholly disregard the teachings of experience, the letter of the law, the precepts of humanity, or the suggestions of pity .-- The minority, on the contrary, is determined beforehand to win at any price; its views and opinion are correct, and if rules are opposed to that, so much the worse for the rules.

At the decisive moment, it claps a pistol to its adversary's head, overturns the table, and collects the stakes.
***** [Footnote 1201: See the figures further on.] [Footnote 1202: Mallet du Pan, II.491.Danton, in 1793, said one day to one of his former brethren an advocate to the Council.: "The old regime made a great mistake.

It brought me up on a scholarship in Plessis College.

I was brought up with nobles, who were my comrades, and with whom I lived on familiar terms.

On completing my studies, I had nothing; I was poor and tried to get a place.