Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEA soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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An army marches on its stomach.
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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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As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances
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Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
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Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.
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I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?
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One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
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When 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.
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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
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When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
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Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.
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Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
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I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.
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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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Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
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War is the business of barbarians.
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There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind
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The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
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