Interpreting the French Revolution

Read either: ROBESPIERRE AND THE TERROR -or- Of Anglo-Saxons and Revisionists: A New Interpretation of the French Revolution Emerges In what way does your article reflect the idea of "living history" or the fact that history is not static? Briefly compare to any other period of history where ideas, views and opinions have evolved over time. Due Friday 2/17

You say you want a revolution...?

"What country before ever existed a century & a half without a rebellion? & what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon & pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it's natural manure." Thomas Jefferson. Letter to William Smith.

"A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets." Napoleon Bonaparte

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
Mahatma Gandhi, 'Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13,' May 3, 1919

Is radical and violent revolution justifiable? Be sure to explain your response.

Due Friday 2/17