To swell a mob of insurrection, these brigands would go into the factories and workshops and compel the surround a person, hold him tightly under the arms, and carry him with them against his will. Money, wine, and hope of plunder fired the zeal of the criminals making up the hoards of brigands described as, "men of rapine and carnage, thirsting for blood and booty." In all of the major uprisings: the siege of the Bastille, the march on Versailles, the invasion of the Tuileries, the massacres of September, and the Reign of Terror, these brigands made up the hard core of the mobs. The bulk of the atrocities that occurred during the Revolution was carried out by these hired assassins. After the first successful uprising, Mirabeau asserted that, "with 100 louis one can make quite a good riot." To generate an atmosphere of hysteria among the inhabitants of Paris, a constant barrage of false rumors and outright lies emanated from the leaders of the Revolution. Amazing though it was, no matter how outrageous the lies, no matter how many rumors proved to be false, the people never seemed to catch on. This led From the very beginning the National Assembly showed no real intention of getting down to the real business of reforms. Every concession upon the part of the King and Nobles was met with a new outbreak of denunciation, outbreaks of violence, and increased 39 The French Revolution workers to follow them. On the streets they would one observer to state, "Thus it is in revolutions, one rascal writes and a hundred thousand fools believe."