...Minister of Louis XVI., who had been sent to the National Assembly to demand its dissolution ? — " Go tell your master that we are here by the will of the people, and that we will not depart except at the point of the bayonet !" The real language of Mirabeau is far milder,...

...his usher, De Bre/ce, they replied, by the mouth of Mirabeau,' Go, Monsieur, tell those who sent you that we are here by the will of the people, and that nothing but the force of bayonets shall send us hence.' They resolved to persist in their decrees,...

...you who have neither place nor right of speech here, you are not the man to remind us of it. Go, sir, tell your master that we are here by the will of the people, and that nothing but the force of bayonets shall send us hence ! " Which speech is followed by an enthusiastic...

...than forty years, no one dreamed of questioning Mirabeau's apostrophe to M. de Dretiz Breze : ' Go tell your master that we are here by the will of the people, and that we will not depart otherwise than at the point of the bayonet ' (' et que nous n'en sortirons que par...

...inspired the TiersEtat with courage. When he cried out to the astonished emissary of Lewis: "Slave, go tell your master that we are here by the will of the people, and that we will depart only at the point of the bayonet!" the words sounded like a thunder-clap to all Europe,...

...own room. The members arose in anger. One of their number shouted, "Go and tell those who sent you, that we are here by the will of the people, and that we shall not budge save at the point of the bayonet!" For their boldness they were shut out of the...

...entrance of the grand-master of the ceremonies : " Go," he shouted, " and tell those who send you, that we are here by the will of the people, and that we shall not budge save at the point of the bayonet." This was the beginning of revolutionary violence.....

...Assembly, who have neither place nor voice, nor right to speak, are not capable to remind us of his speech Go and tell your master that we are here by the will of the people, and that we shall not be driven away hence but by the force of bayonets.) However, although I have no desire...

...the king h*d given. Mlrabcau answered him, closing his speech with the following memorable words: "Go tell your master that we are here by the will of the people, and here we shall stay unless driven out by the bayonet ! " , t " There no longer exists a Tier* Etat in...

...haughtily replied : — " We have heard what the king was advised to say, but tell those who sent you that we are here by the will of the people, and that nothing but the force of bayonets shall send us hence." In presence of an excited Paris, sympathizing...