"History is the version of past events..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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“Great ambition is the passion of a great character.”
“There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and surmount all difficulties.”
“Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.”
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“They used to take your horse and if they were caught they got hung for it. Now they take your car, and if they are caught it's a miracle.”
“I do not apologize for the takeover of the region by the Jews from the Palestinians in the same way I don't apologize for the takeover of America by the whites from the Red Indians or the takeover of Australia from the blacks. It is natural for a superior race to dominate an inferior one.”
“How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before.”