두 분이 참 많이 닮은 인생사를 사신 것 같다는 생각을 합니다 비록 다른 시대, 다른 나라에서 태어나셔 열정적으로 살다 가셨지만 그 분들께서 남긴 궤적들을 보면은....로베스피에르는 프랑스 혁명 때 그리 풍족하진 않은 법률가 집안 자제로 태어나 판사를 하고 아카데미의 학장이 되어 돈을 많이 벌다가 어려운 이들을 변호하고 사형제 폐지, 벌 앞에서의 평민과 귀족의 평등, 유죄를 선고받은 자에 대한 재산 몰수 폐지, 서자(사생아)유대인 선거권 옹호등을 주장했죠! 그때가 무려 18세기 프랑스에서...프랑스 혁명에서 정말 매력적인 인물이죠! 그러나 워낙 도덕적으로 깨끗한 그는 여성관계도 깨끗하여 자신이 살던 셋방 주인과 약혼했지만 결혼은 안했을 정도로 털어서도 비리가 없는 그는 프랑스 혁명에 반대했던 브루조아들을 척결하는 공포정치를 시행하자 우매한 민중들과 그의 깨끗하고 도덕적인 정책들에 반대한 브루조아들이 그를 단두대에 보내버리죠! 그는 프랑스 혁명에 반대한 세력들을 과감히 척결하기 위해 단두대를 만들었는데 자신이 만든 단두대에 자신이....ㅜ 그는 프랑스 혁명에 반대하는 유럽 각국들과 전쟁을 하는데 물가 상승을 조정하고 헌법(1793년 헌법)이 포고하는데 여기서 보통선거, 저항권, 노동과 생계유지의 권리, 모든 사람의 행복이 정부의 목표이며 인민의 권리는 손에 넣을 수 있고 실시되어야 한다고 주장했죠 프랑스 시민들을 그리 단두대에 보내고 엄청난 후회를 하고 혼란한 이 틈을 타 나폴레옹이 정권을 잡죠! 그는 매우 연설을 잘하였다고 하는데 실제로는 수줍음이 많았다고도 하네요!    다들 어떻게 느끼실 지 모르시겠지만 저는 그 두 분이 꿈꾸셨던 이루고자 하셨던 것은 같지 않으셨나 하는 생각이 듭니다                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            우리와 함께 살고 있는 수많은 사람들을 비천하게 만들고 억압하는 것은 어떤 이유로든 결코 현명한 일이 될 수 없다는 것을 잊지 맙시다.                                                                                                                                              유대인의 선거권 부여 옹호 연설에서