"The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity."
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"The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress."
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"When a man is a favorite of Fortune she never takes him unawares, and, however astonishing her favors may be, she finds him ready."
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"When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished!"
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"Leaders have to be dealers in hope."
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"In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them."
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"Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances."
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"One bad general is worth two good ones."
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"A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories."
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"Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear."
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"Character is victory organized."
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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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"How many really capable men are children more than once during the day!"
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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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"Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage."
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"Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself."
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"There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment."
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"A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root."
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"An Emperor confides in national soldiers, not in mercenaries."
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"Public esteem is the recompense of honest men."
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