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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTENever tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
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Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
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Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.
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I start out by believing the worst
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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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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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Conquests will come and go but Delambre’s work will endure.
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The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies
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The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances
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I have seen only you, I have admired only you, I desire only You
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.
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