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Upon Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte
- History is a set of lies agreed upon.
- History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
- A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
- What is history but a fable agreed upon?
- The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold!…
- The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
- Power is founded upon opinion.
- When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation
- The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress.
- Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit,…
- When Monarchs abuse the rights with which they have been invested by the confidence of the people, and bring down upon their heads the calamity…
- A man is not dependent upon his fellow creature, when he does not fear death.
- The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.
- Soldiers, forty centuries are looking down upon you from these pyramids.
- Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his…
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