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Robespierre seems like he initially held enlightened views on violence--opposition to capital punishment & to foreign wars of liberation, for example. What caused him to turn toward advocating violence? Was any attempt made to reconcile his previous views, or did he simply abandon them?

by /u/mowshowitz in /r/AskHistorians

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