When the representatives of the nobility and clergy, in one of the first sessions of the estates, fell back upon the foundation of their privileges—the historic right of conquest—the theoretician of the bourgeoisie, Abbe Sieyes, proudly replied: "Rien que cela, messieurs? Nous serons conquerants a notre tour!"—which means, "Nothing but that, gentlemen? Well, we too shall be conquerors in our turn!"
And just that the working class may say to the advocates of bourgeois force.
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