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The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.

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Remember that a man, a true man, never hates. His rages and his bad moods never last beyond the present moment-like electric shocks.

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All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.

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In a conquered country benevolence is not humanitarianism. It is a general political axiom that a conqueror must not inspire a good opinion of his benevolence until he has demonstrated that he can be severe with malefactors.

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When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

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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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Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

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A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.

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Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.

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Each state claims the right to control interests foreign to itself when those interests are such that it can control them without putting its own interests in danger. ... other powers only recognize this right of intervening in proportion as the country doing it has the power to do it.

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Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

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Every man who is worth thirty millions and is not wedded to them, is dangerous to the government.

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I may be accused or rashness, but not sluggishness.

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The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity.

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The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.

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Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.

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When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation

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To imagine that it is possible to perform great military deeds without fighting is just empty dreams.

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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

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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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