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Interview with Le Figaro after Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern was offered the Spanish crown (July 1870), quoted in J. P. T. Bury, Gambetta and the National Defence: A Republican Dictatorship in France (1936), p. 36
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I am sorry to see that our Republican traditions are being weakened and effaced by the influence of humanitarian doctrines. We who are Republicans should no more than other Frenchmen be patient in tolerating the claim of a military and reactionary power to impose its will and preponderance upon our country and upon the rest of Europe. Danton did not refuse his aid.

— Léon Gambetta

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I am sorry to see that our Republican traditions are being weakened and effaced by the influence of humanitarian doctrines. We who are Republicans should no more than other Frenchmen be patient in tolerating the claim of a military and reactionary power to impose its will and preponderance upon our country and upon the rest of Europe. Danton did not refuse his aid." in the context of "Interview with Le Figaro after Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern was offered the Spanish crown (July 1870), quoted in J. P. T. Bury, Gambetta and the National Defence: A Republican Dictatorship in France (1936), p. 36" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Léon Gambetta

About Léon Gambetta

Léon Gambetta (2 April 1838 – 31 December 1882) was a French lawyer and republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government. He was Minister of the Interior from 4 September 1870 until 6 February 1871, President of the Chamber of Deputies from 31 January 1879 until 27 October 1881, Prime Minister of France from 14 November 1881 until 30 January 1882 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 14 November 1881 until 30 January 1882.