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by Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758 - 1794)

L’intérêt des faibles, c’est la justice
Language: French (Français) 
L’intérêt des faibles, c’est la justice ; 
c’est pour eux que des lois humaines 
et impartiales sont une sauvegarde nécessaire ; 
elles ne sont un frein incommode que pour les hommes puissants 
qui les bravent si facilement. …Ces vils égoïstes, 
ces infâmes conspirateurs ont pour eux la puissance, 
les trésors, la force, les armes ; le peuple n’a que sa misère 
et la justice céleste. …Voilà l’état de ce grand procès 
que nous plaidons à la face de l’univers.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758 - 1794), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by André Jolivet (1905 - 1974), "L'intérêt des faibles", 1951, published 1996 [medium voice, men's chorus, and orchestra or piano], from Chants d'hier et de demain, no. 2, Éd. Gérard Billaudot [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-05-03
Line count: 9
Word count: 76

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