It had looked a dangerously fine-run thing, but once again his timing had been supreme, and when others had lost their nerve he had shown an inspiring example of dignity and leadership. Almost eagerly—with a vast majority of 441 to seventy-five—the Assembly granted him anew "special powers" for a year.

XREF: The pattern of leaders winning sweeping mandates through crisis resonates with contemporary debates over emergency powers and executive overreach.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1139