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High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

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Washington is dead! This great man fought against Tyranny; he established the liberty of his country. His memory will always be dear to the French people, as it will be to all free men of the two worlds; and especially to French soldiers, who, like him and the American soldiers, have combated for liberty and equality.

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A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.

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There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.

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In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.

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A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or on my right, or my left?

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The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.

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Sometimes a great example is necessary to all the public functionaries of the state.

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

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Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always, if possible, on the flanks of the infantry, especially when the latter is engaged in front.

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America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.

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When I had the honor to be a second lieutenant, I ate dry bread, but I never let anyone know that I was poor.

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The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.

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A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.

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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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We walk faster when we walk alone.

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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.

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When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

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A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern. The art consists in making others work rather than in wearing oneself out.

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Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.

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