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I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute.

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Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me, accepted all my views, and yielded easily to my opinions, were those who did me the most injury, and were my worst enemies, because, by surrendering to me so easily, they encouraged me to go too far... I was then too powerful for any man, except myself, to injure me.

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

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I have made noise enough in the world already, perhaps too much, and am now getting old, and want retirement.

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A man does not have himself killed for a half-pence a day or for a petty distinction. You must speak to the soul in order to electrify him

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The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they attack each other and fight for a certain time; the critical moment arrives, a mental flash decides, and the least reserve accomplishes the object.

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The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.

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Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an entire code.

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I have come to realise that men are not born to be free.

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A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall, but the noise remains, and will reach to other generations.

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The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.

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A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers.

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A great Nation should have a fixed Government, so that the death of one man should not overturn it.

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I see only my objective - the obstacles must give way.

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The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress.

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Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.

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Nothing is more arrogant than the weakness which feels itself supported by power.

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The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy.

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Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings.

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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

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