Day: May 11, 2008

An insensitive comment, particularly by a person holding a public position, can inflame a riot and even cause a revolution. ‘Let them eat cake’: This cliched quote attributed to the French Queen Marie Antoinette is one such. She was supposed to have uttered these immortal words when confronted with poverty-stricken people who could not afford bread during the shortage in the winter of 1788-89.