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Sovereign Inspirational Quotes (571)

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O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the Persians their empire. Do not therefore begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones.
Cyrus the Great
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In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I generally had to give in.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Remember, the prince is like a mirror exposed to the eyes of all his subjects who continually look to him as a pattern on which to model themselves, and who in consequence without much trouble discover his vices and virtues.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
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When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers
Napoleon Bonaparte
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By being friends with all, we are not alone.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
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The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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The tools belong to the man who can use them.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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In war, moral factors acount for three quarters of the whole relative material strength accounts for only one quarter.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Good intelligence is nine-tenths of any battle.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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There is only one thing in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power. All the rest is meaningless.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Men are moved by only two mechanisms: fear and self-interest. Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Being in the Tuileries is not everything: what matters is to stay here.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Prison, blood, death, create enthusiasts and martyrs, and bring forth courage and desperate resolution.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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The only true conquests-those that awaken no regrets- are those obtained over our ignorance.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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