“The right of the people is the most powerful of all motives.”

About Cardinal de Retz

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Jean-François Paul de Gondi, known as Cardinal de Retz, was a prominent 17th-century French churchman, statesman, and author. He is best remembered for his active role in the Fronde, a series of civil wars in France...

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