Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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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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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As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
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Nothing is lost as long as courage remains
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Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
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You don’t reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
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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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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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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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The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
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Imagination governs the world.
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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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In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
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The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory
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