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Liberty is a need felt by a small class of people whom nature has endowed with nobler minds than the mass of men.... Consequently, it may be repressed with impunity. Equality, on the other hand, pleases the masses.

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Napoleon Bonaparte
Age: 52 †
Born: 1769
Born: January 1
Died: 1821
Died: January 1
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