The Committee of Public Safety was started by Robespierre and
revolutionary leaders in an effort to overthrow the government and
retain national security. The Committee gained 14 armies and got
many provisions. What is ironic is that the Committee of Public
Safety, under Robespierre's now dictatorship, started the "Reign of
Terror" where all anti-revolutionaries were killed by the
guillotine. So the Committee of Public Safety, in turn, killed over
20,000 people.