Society of the Friends of Truth

First issue of *La Bouche de fer* (*Mouth of Iron*)

The Society of the Friends of Truth (Amis de la Verité), also known as the Social Club (French: Cercle social), was a French revolutionary organization founded in 1790. It was "a mixture of revolutionary political club, the Masonic Lodge, and a literary salon".^[1] It also published an influential revolutionary newspaper, the Mouth of Iron.

^ Albert Soboul, Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, PUF, 1989, p. 196

[1] Albert Soboul, Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, PUF, 1989, p. 196

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