Marie Antoinette said, 'Let them eat cake'.

This famous phrase, often attributed to Marie Antoinette as a sign of her indifference to the plight of the people during the French Revolution, has no credible historical basis. There is no evidence she actually uttered these words. The expression "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche" (Let them eat brioche/cake) had circulated in France even before she became queen, likely coined by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his "Confessions" (1765-1770) and attributed to an unidentified princess. It was a general expression of the aristocracy's detachment from the people's suffering, rather than a direct quote from the queen.