A leader is a dealer in hope.

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If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

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Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

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Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength

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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 written by the winners.

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The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.

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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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Conquests will come and go but Delambre's work will endure.

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You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.

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