Maximilien Robespierre: Good Or Bad?

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Many years ago our world had very bad people who were in a superior position to control people and these people had power. But one of the people that were really bad was Maximilien Robespierre he always wanted to win and be better than others.

Maximilien Robespierre for all the reasons bad that he did he dead same how the other peoples that he kill. Maximilien dead annihilated. He was very bad person for kill around 70,000 people annihilating enemy. He became more bad with the different positions he had commanded.

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