"History is the invention of historians."
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"Men are never attached to you by favours."
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"Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain."
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"In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle."
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"My dominion ends where that of conscience begins."
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"A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator; from his first work we saw that we had been deceived. Laplace saw no question from its true point of view; he sought subtleties everywhere; had only doubtful ideas, and finally carried the spirit of the infinitely small into administration."
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"If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest."
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"In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible."
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"It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors are, in the full meaning of the term, titled spies."
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"Good intelligence is nine-tenths of any battle."
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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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"Agriculture is the soul and chief support of empires; industry produces riches and the happiness of the people; exportation represents the superabundance, and good use of both."
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"Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me."
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"Mankind are in the end always governed by superiority of intellectual faculties, and none are more sensible of this than the military profession. When, on my return from Italy, I assumed the dress of the Institute, and associated with men of science, I knew what I was doing: I was sure of not being misunderstood by the lowest drummer boy in the army."
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"An army's effectiveness depends on its size, training, experience, and morale, and morale is worth more than any of the other factors combined."
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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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"Which is heavier: a soldier's pack or a slave's chains?"
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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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"To attach no importance to public opinion, is a proof that you do not merit its suffrage."
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"Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself."
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