"They wanted me to be a Washington...." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte
They wanted me to be a Washington.
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“A man is a little thing whilst he works by and for himself, but, when he gives voice to the rules of love and justice, is godlike, his word is current in all countries; and all men, though his enemies, are made his friends and obey it as their own.”
“To attach no importance to public opinion, is a proof that you do not merit its suffrage.”
“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt.”
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“The name Roosevelt has this legendary force in our country at this time.”
“You will be remembered in life only for your passions!”
“Would a writer know how to behave himself with relation td posterity? Let him consider in old books what he finds that he is glad to know, and what omissions he most laments.”