Word: jacobinism
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Single aim: to conquer." The Chamber was restive as the new Premier entered to present the aims on which his Premiership would stand or fall. Seeking to warm up the Deputies, he hailed "the flame of Jacobin patriotism which animates Daladier and which is the soul of the country." Daladier meanwhile was being cheered in the Senate, but neither house showed enthusiasm for the short, characteristic Cabinet declaration of Paul Reynaud which he read in four minutes flat. Keynote: "My government has but a single aim-to conquer...