My star was fading, I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do nothing to … - Napoleon Bonaparte

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Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.

Napoleon Bonaparte

My star was fading, I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do nothing to stop it.

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The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.

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If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion

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Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.

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Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

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