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How many really capable men are children more than once during the day!
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Collective crimes incriminate no one.
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Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings.
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Terrorism, War & Bankruptcy are caused by the privatization of money, issued as a debt and compounded by interest.
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Against attempts on my life, I trust in my luck, my good genius, and my guards.
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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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When defending itself against another country, a nation never lacks men, but too often, soldiers.
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The heart may be broken, and the soul remain unshaken.
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A good sketch is better than a long speech.
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A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it.
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Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.
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He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long.
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A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.
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The nature of Christ's existence is mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets the wants of man. Reject it, and the world is an inexplicable riddle; believe it, and the history of our race is satisfactorily explained.
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The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.
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What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.
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Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man - provided his education has been suitable - with a long nose.
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Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.
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In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue.
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Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command.
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I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers.
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Where the Government is weak, military sway prevails.
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If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.
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There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's main body. I try to crush it, confident that secondary matters will then settle themselves.