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Sad News from France all anarchy and Confusion. The King, Queen and…

Quote byJames Woodforde · 1740–1803

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Diary entry on the Women's March on Versailles (16 October 1789), quoted in The Diary of a Country Parson: The Reverend James Woodforde. Vol. III 1788–1792, ed. John Beresford (1927), p. 146.

English (original)

Sad News from France all anarchy and Confusion. The King, Queen and Royal Family confined at Paris. The Soldiers joined the People, many murdered.

— James Woodforde

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