Question

Read the quote by Maximilien de Robespierre.

Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible.

How does the quote best apply to the Committee of Public Safety under Robespierre’s leadership?
a.people had a right to a speedy trial under the Committee of Public Safety.
b.Citizens who behaved had nothing to fear from the Committee of Public Safety.
c.The Committee of Public Safety meted out justice fairly and evenly.
d.The Committee of Public Safety forcefully eliminated all opposition.

Answer 1

I’m 100% sure it’s D

Answer 2

The Public Salvation Committee was created in 1793 in France by the so-called Convention and its function was to act in safeguarding the economy and defense. The modus operanti of this Committee was repression and violence.

Robespierre was part of the Committee of Public Salvation and personifies the revolution in its most ferocious facet in the pursuit of the ideals of equality and freedom. The idea was that the enemies of the people had to be eliminated at any cost.

Therefore, the fourth answer is correct (D).