If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEWhen a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances
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The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
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China is a sleeping giant; let him sleep, for if he wakes, he will shake the World.
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If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.
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We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?
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All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.
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A true man hates no one.
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There is a joy in danger.
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The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.
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There shall be no Alps.
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I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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