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The French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre, 1758–1794. Often used as a byword for a murderous demagogue or tyrant. quotations examples
Why, Greeley wants to be blood-thirsty — he wants to be a little Robespierre.
1863, Edward Dicey, Spectator of America, Quadrangle, published 1971, page 25
"I am not, as you have seen, a Robespierre, and I don't even want to be thought of as a military dictator," said Col Gonatas, leader of the revolutionary movement, […]
1922 October 2, “Gonatas Not a Robespierre”, in Boston Daily Globe
During communications blackouts when Allison, who was the Robespierre of the ship, forbade all outside contacts, Taggart lurched out onto the aft deck, […]
2007, Peter Heller, The Whale Warriors, page 64