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I generally had to give in.
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One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
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For my part, it is not the mystery of the incarnation which I discover in religion, but the mystery of social order, which associates with heaven that idea of equality which prevents the rich from destroying the poor.
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There is a joy in danger.
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It is exceptional and difficult to find in one man all the qualities necessary for a great general.
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I see only my objective - the obstacles must give way.
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Morality has nothing to do with such a man as I am.
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It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it.
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There is no real force without justice.
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The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.
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If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.
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Men, in general, are but great children.
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To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war.
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War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.
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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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In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
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War,--the trade of barbarians!
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One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.
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I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its course.
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A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has a soul.
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