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War is like government, a matter of tact.

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The Jews are the master robbers of the modern age.

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Insubordination may only be the evidence of a strong mind.

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I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

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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 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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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

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I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I found it. I abolished feudalism and restored equality to all regardless of religion and before the law. I fought the decrepit monarchies of the Old Regime because the alternative was the destruction of all this. I purified the Revolution.

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In Russia there are no roads - only areas.

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It must be recognized that the real truths of history are hard to discover. Happily, for the most part, they are rather matters of curiosity than of real importance.

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The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war.

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Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion.

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Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.

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Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

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It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

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I am conquered less by fortune than by the egotism and ingratitude of my companions in arms.

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I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot act with the restraint of an accomplished diplomat.

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At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity.

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On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.

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We must serve the people worthily, and not occupy ourselves in trying to please them. The best way, to gain their affections is to do them good.

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