“A new-born government must dazzle.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
This quote is commonly attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“That is just it, work is my element; I was born and made for it. I have found the limits of my legs; I have found the limits of my eyes; but I have never been able to find the limits of my labour.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Secondary source“Everything tells me I shall succeed.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Primary source“Imagination rules the world.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Secondary source“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”
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“There is no little enemy.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better goverment.”
— Henry David Thoreau Primary source“If the government is cruel, the governor’s life is not safe.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.”
— Henry David Thoreau Primary source