The Church. The Church… we’re next.

Unsourced

Whispered to the Marquise de Tourzel on learning of the creation of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790) subordinating the rights and privileges of the Roman Catholic Church to those of the revolutionary government of France.

Other Marie Antoinette Quotes

If I have not replied it is because Nature itself refuses to respond to such a charge laid against a mother. - View Quote Details on If I have not replied it is because Nature itself…
I have promised [my readers] the head of Antoinette. I will go and cut if off myself if there is any delay in giving it to me. - View Quote Details on I have promised [my readers] the head of Antoinette. I…
I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long. - View Quote Details on I was a queen, and you took away my crown;…
Not only have I never commissioned you to make a jewel… but, what is more, I have told you repeatedly that I would never add so much as another carat to my present collection of diamonds. I refused to buy your necklace for myself; the king offered to buy it for me, and I refused it as a gift. Never mention it again. - View Quote Details on Not only have I never commissioned you to make a…
Other people spent more on their gardens! - View Quote Details on Other people spent more on their gardens!
There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. - View Quote Details on There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.
The Feast of All Souls, was the great Catholic Day of the Dead, when the departed were solemnly commemorated in a series of requiem Masses, in churches and chapels heavily draped in black. What this actually meant during the childhood of Marie Antoinette was that her birthday was generally celebrated on its eve, the Feast of All Saints, a day of white and gold. - View Quote Details on The Feast of All Souls, was the great Catholic Day…
Vive la Reine! - View Quote Details on Vive la Reine!
A woman more sinned against than sinning. - View Quote Details on A woman more sinned against than sinning.
It is quite certain that in seeing the people who treat us so well despite their own misfortune, we are more obliged than ever to work hard for their happiness. The king seems to understand this truth; as for myself, I know that in my whole life (even if I live for a hundred years) I shall never forget the day of the coronation. - View Quote Details on It is quite certain that in seeing the people who…