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• Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me

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  Equality, Careers, Voice

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• Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation.

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  Independent, Army, Safety

  Proclamation to the French People, June 22, 1815.

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• In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.

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  War, Character, Balance

  'Correspondance de Napolèon Ier' vol. 17 (1865) no.14276 'Observations sur les affaires d'Espagne, Saint- Cloud, 27 août 1808'

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• I marvel that whereas the ambitious dreams of my self, Caesar, and Alexander should have vanished into thin air, a Judean peasant-Jesus-s hould be able to stretch His hands across the centuries and control the destinies of men and nations.

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  Dream, Jesus, Destiny

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• Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

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  Greatness, Lasting

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• Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.

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  Confused, Army, Men

  "The Age of Napoleon" by J. Christopher Herold, (p. 8), 2002.

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• It is necessary for the heart to feel as for the body to be fed.

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  Heart, Feelings, Body

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• Ability is nothing without opportunity.

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  War, Writing, Opportunity

  "Have You Ever Noticed? : The Wit and Irony of Every Day Life". Book by Joe Moore, 1985.

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• Peoples of Egypt , you will be told that I have come to destroy your religion. Do not believe it! Reply that I have come to restore your rights!

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  War, Believe, Rights

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• Man will believe anything, as long as it's not in the bible.

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  Believe, Men, Long

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• Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

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  Power, Public Opinion, Politics

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• The merit of Mahomet is that he founded a religion without an inferno.

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  Merit, Hell, Inferno

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• Promptly improve your accidents.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Accidents

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• All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated.

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  War, Soldier, Battle

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.70, Courier Corporation

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• A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

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  War, Ideas, Political

  "Journal of International Affairs" by Columbia University. School of International Affairs, (p. 94), 1976.

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• All systems of morality are fine. The gospel alone has exhibited a complete assemblage of the principles of morality, divested of all absurdity. It is not composed, like your creed, of a few common-place sentences put into bad verse. Do you wish to see that which is really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.

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  Bible, Prayer, Sublime

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 419), 1895.

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• He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.

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  Practice, Vices, Virtue

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• If obedience is the result of the instinct of the masses, revolt is the result of their thought.

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  Revolution, Instinct, Obedience

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

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  Government, Opinion

  "Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts" collected and published by Cte. A. G. de Liancourt; edited by James Alexander Manning, (p. 242), 1848.

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• A faithful friend is the true image of the Deity.

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  Friends, Faithful, Deities

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• The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold! It is upon this table: This book, surpassing all others. I never omit to read it, and every day with some pleasure.

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  Bible, Book, Tables

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• There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

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  Law, Safe

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.

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  Order, People, Dazzle

  "Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts" collected and published by Cte. A. G. de Liancourt; edited by James Alexander Manning, (p. 248), 1848.

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• The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.

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  Men, Soldier, He Man

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• In order that a people may be free, it is necessary that the governed be sages, and those who govern, gods.

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  Order, People, Liberty

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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