“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”
Napoleon Bonaparte (unverified)
A variant wording of this quotation is Men will risk their lives, even die for ribbons. In both forms, no primary source has been identified.
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 (verified, secondary source)“Everything tells me I shall succeed.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte (verified)“Imagination rules the world.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte (verified, secondary source)“Intelligence precedes force. Force itself is nothing without intelligence. In the heroic age the leader was the strongest man; with civilization he has become the most intelligent of the brave.”
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“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Are you a communist?”
“No, I am an anti-fascist.”
“For a long time?”
“Since I have understood fascism.”
“We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough.”
— Helen Keller (unverified)