Religion Is Excellent Stuff For Keeping Common

Men Are Lead By Trifles.

It Would Be A Joke If The Conduct Of The Victor Had To Be Justified To The Vanquished.

I Closed The Gulf Of Anarchy And Brought Order Out Of Chaos. I Rewarded Merit Regardless Of Birth Or Wealth, Wherever I Found It. I Abolished Feudalism And Restored Equality To All Regardless Of Religion And Before The Law. I Fought The Decrepit Monarchies Of The Old Regime Because The Alternative Was The Destruction Of All This. I Purified The Revolution.

The Basic Principle That We Must Follow In Directing The Armies Of The Republic Is This: That They Must Feed Themselves On War At The Expense Of The Enemy Territory.

Courage Cannot Be Counterfeited. It Is One Virtue That Escapes Hypocrisy.