"I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other."
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"Treason is a matter of dates."
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"The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope."
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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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"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools."
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"All religions have been made by men."
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"The leader's role is to define reality, then give hope"
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"Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them."
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"Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art."
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"Give Me a Turkish Army. I will Conquer world."
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"The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains."
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"The army is the true nobility of our country."
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"An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood."
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"Vengeance is without foresight."
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"Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind."
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"Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free."
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"Oh well, no matter what happens, there's always death."
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"Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest."
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"The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On this principle it is always wiser to grant an honorable capitulation to a garrison which has made a vigorous resistance than to risk an assault."
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"We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him."
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