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A general must be a charlatan.
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A new-born Government must shine and astonish - the moment it loses its éclat it falls.
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There is no power without justice.
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For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.
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When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.
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A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.
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One might as well try to charge through a wall.
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The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors.
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Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice.
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Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to him. When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
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The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.
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Arabia was idolatrous when, six centuries after Jesus, Muhammad introduced the worship of the God of Abraham, of Ishmael, of Moses, and Jesus. The Ariyans and some other sects had disturbed the tranquility of the east by agitating the question of the nature of the Father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. Muhammad declared that there was none but one God who had no father, no son and that the trinity imported the idea of idolatry.
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What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared.
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There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.
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All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.
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Brave deeds are the monuments of brave men.
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How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?
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Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.
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I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.
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When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation.
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Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost.
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The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.
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One bad general is worth two good ones.
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What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth!