Louis de Potter

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Louis de Potter


Born
in Bruges, Austrian Netherlands
April 26, 1786

Died
July 22, 1859


Louis de Potter was a Belgian journalist, revolutionary, politician and writer. Out of the more than 100 books and pamphlets, one of the most notable works was his famous Letter to my Fellow Citizens in which he promoted democracy, universal electoral rights and the unity among Belgian Liberals and Catholics. As the hero of the Belgian Revolution, he proclaimed the independence of Belgium from the Netherlands from the terrace of the Brussels City Hall on 28 September 1830, and inaugurated the first Belgian parliamentary assembly on 10 November 1830, on behalf of the outgoing Belgian provisional government.

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L'esprit de l'Eglise ou consid

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Révolution belge : 1828 à 1...

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“Zonder vrije pers is elk volk een domme en gedwee kudde, elke regering is er een van willekeur en meedogenloze uitbuiting, de vrijheid van meningsuiting en van eredienst is een lachertje, het nationaal gevoel, de publieke opinie zijn uitgeholde begrippen.”
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“Courageous Belgian people, you have conquered decisively! Make sure now to take advantage of this victory, your enemies are dumbfounded, let us not lose a moment, let us unite around the provisional government that has been established thanks to you, do not doubt that the arsonists, who you have expelled from your capital in such a humiliating way, are already plotting new crimes. No more hesitating and sparing, we must chase away once and for all the murderers from our house who have worked here with fire and sword, raping and destroying. We must save our mothers, our wives, our children and our property; we must live as free men, or bury ourselves under a mountain of ashes. Let us be united dear compatriots, and we will be invincible, the true order, it is indispensable to preserve our independence. Long live Belgium!”
Louis De Potter

“Courageux peuple belge, vous avez vaincu de façon décisive! Veillez maintenant à profiter de cette victoire, vos ennemis ont été réduits au silence, ne perdons pas un instant, unissons-nous autour du gouvernement provisoire qui a été mis en place grâce à vous, ne doutez pas que les incendiaires, que vous avez expulsés de votre capitale d'une manière si humiliante, préparent déjà de nouveaux crimes. N'hésitons plus, n'épargnons plus, chassons une fois pour toutes les assassins de chez nous qui ont travaillé ici par le feu et le sabre, violant et détruisant. Nous devons sauver nos mères, nos femmes, nos enfants et nos biens ; nous devons vivre en hommes libres, ou nous ensevelir sous une montagne de cendres. Soyons unis chers compatriotes, et alors nous serons invincibles, l'ordre véritable, il est indispensable pour préserver notre indépendance. Vive la Belgique!”
Louis De Potter