The philosophers who were the intellectual fathers of the 1789 revolution longed not for democracy, but for enlightened despotism, which is what many French still look for when they elect a president.
Filozofové, již byli duchovními otci revoluce roku 1789, neprahli po demokracii, nýbrž po osvícené despocii, po níž se mnozí Francouzi dodnes poohlížejí, když si volí prezidenta.