'Committees are very effective, General. Committees will soon be running the Revolution. The ministers already act under their surveillance. It is not so important to be a minister these days. The Minister of War, you may be glad to know, showed a bold martial character, and escaped by vaulting over a wall.'
'This is no joke,' the general said. 'This is anarchy.'
'I wanted my measures passed,' Danton said.

A Place of Greater Safety - Hilary Mantel

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