But though he did not carry the Convention, one senses in this speech Robespierre’s peculiar power. “He will go far”, Mirabeau had said of him, “because he believes everything he says.” His speeches have something of the tone of sermons; they are exhortations to republican virtue, d...
Seven days after the third exact Uranus Pluto square, the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs said in a speech: “We need dedicated discussions at the highest level… on how we stop the growing trends of xenophobia and violent extremism in Europe.” [The rise of right-wing extremism in Europe...