
The government adopted terror as official policy.
"Terror without virtue is monstrous; virtue without terror is useless."
( , Fri 20 Jul 2012, 11:18, Reply)

And that's where we get the phrase "Reign of terror" I seem to remember
( , Fri 20 Jul 2012, 11:31, Reply)

And yup.
The Jacobins explicitly described their style of government as terrorist.
( , Fri 20 Jul 2012, 11:43, Reply)