A Historian writes to
		Louis XVI
		Freedom
		King Louis (XVI),   I was wondering what your stance is on freedom. I realize that freedom was quite a touchy subject around the time of the Revolution, but I was wondering if you had come to terms with the rights of the everyday citizen. More specifically, I was wondering what you believe freedom is worth. Is it worth the lives of innocent civilians? Do the ends justify the means? Do you believe that men are inherently evil or that we are corrupted by society? Would society be better if we went back to the class system in the West, or would the oppression suffered by the «peasants» be more than the justification of a stable society?   Your time is much appreciated, A Historian Sir,   Being presently charged with being a tyrant, I should supposedly have shown no respect for freedom. But who is denying freedom today?  I cannot assert myself free but neither can my people. Actually, I do not think freedom is enough. If freedom is to represent the only aim, it will also surely represent a major danger because, as you stated, the ends could justify the worst means and this kind of view is not mine. I still do not think that man is inherently evil though I would have never thought he could be so evil. I would say that ambition is mainly responsible for his corruption. I do not understand what you call «class system» but I am sure that nothing could justify the government's use of oppression.   Louis