[randolph]

Originally Posted by ila

The operative word here being "supposedly." According to the following sources Marie Antoinette never did say this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_them_eat_cake

If you don't like wikipedia then how about the following two sources

http://ask.yahoo.com/20021122.html

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/l...-eat-cake.html

Or should anyone so desire just do an internet search on the phrase "let them eat cake."

Yes, that's why I put "supposedly" nobody really knows who first said it.