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 empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.

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History is a set of lies agreed upon.

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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

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The World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good.

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Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

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God is on the side with the best artillery

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I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.

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Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world

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It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares.

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