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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 stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.
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You don't govern men who don't have religion, you shoot them.
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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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Across a chasm of eighteen hundred years, Jesus Christ makes a demand which is beyond all others difficult to satisfy; He asks for that which a philosopher may often seek in vain at the hands of his friends, or a father of his children, or a bride of her spouse, or a man of his brother. He asks for the human heart; He will have it entirely to Himself. He demands it unconditionally; and forthwith His demand is granted. Wonderful!
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In Russia there are no roads - only areas.
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Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.
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War is cruel to the people, and terrible to the conquered.
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God has decreed that there be sick and poor in this world, but in the next it will be the other way around.
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I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of my government to none save God and Jesus Christ.
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I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does more harm than good.
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True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.
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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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From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events.
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Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot.
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They wanted me to be a Washington.
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What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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A beautiful woman like eyes, and a good heart; One is a beautiful thing, and other treasures.
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Which is heavier: a soldier's pack or a slave's chains?
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Age, habits of business and experience have modified many characters.
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Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied.
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I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.
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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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A people that is able to say everything, becomes able to do everything. The crowd which follows me with admiration, would run with the same eagerness were I marching to the Guillotine.