sentences:  The republican motto of ""Liberté, égalité, fraternité"" was replaced with ""Travail, famille, patrie"" ("Work, family, fatherland").He issued new constitutional acts which abolished the presidency, indefinitely adjourned parliament, and also gave him full power to appoint and fire ministers and civil service members, pass laws through the Council of Ministers and designate a successor (he chose Laval).Though Pétain publicly stated that he had no desire to become "a Caesar," by January 1941 Pétain held virtually all governing power in France; nearly all legislative, executive, and judicial powers were either de jure or de facto in his hands.