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One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned. View quote
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Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men. View quote
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Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives. View quote
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To listen to the interests of all, marks an ordinary government; to foresee them, marks a great government. View quote
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All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity. View quote
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It must be recognized that the real truths of history are hard to discover. Happily, for the most part, they are rather matters of curiosity than of real importance. View quote
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Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice. View quote
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Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion. View quote
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You cannot drag a man's conscience before any tribunal, and no one is answerable for his religious opinions to any power on earth. View quote
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The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency. View quote
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A general must be a charlatan. View quote
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A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it. View quote
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The moment of greatest peril is the moment of victory. View quote
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In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day. View quote
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The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time. View quote
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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy. View quote
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In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything. View quote
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In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats. View quote
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If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
A good sketch is better than a long speech. View quote
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Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot. View quote
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Simpletons talk of the past, wise men of the present, and fools of the future. View quote
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Turks can be killed, but they can never be conquered. View quote
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