“Let’s make terror the order of the day!” – Bertrand Barère and the Reign of Terror

Bertrand Barere

The Reign of Terror arguably began on the 5th September 1793 when Bertrand Barère, a member of the Committee of Public Safety, made a speech in favour of it that ended with the exclamation, “Let’s make terror the order of the day!”

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