Oh yeah, he was a freaking gem of a man. Please.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Marat

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A member of the radical Jacobin faction during the French Revolution, he helped 
to launch the Reign of Terror.

>From a relatively early date, Marat advocated doing away with the monarchy and 
>raged against more moderate revolutionary leaders. In July 1790 he wrote "Five 
>or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and 
>happiness. A false humanity has held your arms and suspended your blows; 
>because of this millions of your brothers will lose their lives." He approved 
>of the September 1792 massacres of jailed "enemies of the Revolution" and 
>established the "Committee of Surveillance" whose role was to root out 
>antirevolutionaries. Marat composed the death lists from which the innocent 
>and the guilty alike were executed. One of his victims may have been the 
>chemist Antoine Lavoisier.
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> --Jean Paul Marat, 18th Century French Visionary (and revolutionary), 
> murdered in his bathtub by Royalist Charlotte 
Corday

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