A Quote by – Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

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Author Name:

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Born As:

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevente

Other Names:

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Born:

02 Feb 1754

Died:

17 May 1838
At the Congress of Vienna, Tsar Alexander I of Russia tried to justify his actions with regards to the proposed annexation of the - formerly French-aligned - Kingdom of Saxony by Prussia by calling King Frederick Augustus of Saxony 'a traitor to the cause of Europe', to which Talleyrand replied:                          
                          
Referring to Alexander's rapprochement with Napoleon in 1807, when the former had signed the collaborative Treaty of Tilsit.