Lazare Nicholas Marguerite CarnotOctober 1791
Carnot proposed demolishing internal citadels, arguing that fortresses could become instruments of tyranny against a free people.
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Carnot proposed demolishing internal citadels, arguing that fortresses could become instruments of tyranny against a free people.
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