What is the first object of society? It is to maintain the imprescriptible rights of man. What is the first of those rights? The right to life. (Maximilien Robespierre)

What is the first object of society? It is to maintain the imprescriptible rights of man. What is the first of those rights? The right to life.

Maximilien Robespierre

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