Citizen Danton

Georges-Jacques Danton is one of the revolution's most powerful and radical leaders. Along with Maximilien Robespierre and Jean-Paul Marat, he is a leader of the Mountain, a powerful radical group within the National Convention, a body that opened in 1792 and declared France a republic. Danton became France's most powerful national leader following the public uprising that forced King Louis from the French throne on August 10, 1792. With enemy armies of Austria and Prussia approaching Paris to restore the monarchy, Danton stirred people to action, declaring, "Boldness, more boldness, and still more boldness, and France will be saved!"