Shocking Sayings

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You don't govern men who don't have religion, you shoot them.

— Napoleon Bonaparte Approx. early 19th century
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England is a nation of shopkeepers.

— Napoleon Bonaparte Approx. early 19th century
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Friendship is but a name; I love nobody. I do not even love my brothers. Perhaps Joseph, a little, from habit and because he is my elder.

— Napoleon Bonaparte Approx. early 19th century
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The greatest enjoyment of oneself comes in moments of danger.

— Napoleon Bonaparte Approx. early 19th century
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In war, men are nothing, one man is everything.

— Napoleon Bonaparte Approx. early 19th century
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Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.

— Napoleon Bonaparte Approx. early 19th century
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Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.

— Napoleon Bonaparte Approx. early 19th century
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In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.

— Napoleon Bonaparte Approx. early 19th century
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I would kiss a man's ass if I needed him.

— Napoleon Bonaparte Approx. early 19th century
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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

— Napoleon Bonaparte Approx. early 19th century
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When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.

— Napoleon Bonaparte Approx. early 19th century
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.

— Napoleon Bonaparte Approx. early 19th century
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The Greatest Happiness is to scatter your enemy and drive him before you. To see his cities reduced to ashes. To see those who love him shrouded and in tears. And to gather to your bosom his wives and daughters.

— Genghis Khan c. 1206-1227
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I Shall Kill You Without Shedding Your Blood.

— Genghis Khan c. 1204-1205
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Come and sip from the cup of destruction.

— Genghis Khan c. 1206-1227
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All who surrender will be spared; whoever does not surrender but opposes with struggle and dissension, shall be annihilated.

— Genghis Khan c. 1206-1227
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If you are not a soldier, you should be a slave.

— Genghis Khan c. 1206-1227
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A man's greatest work is to break his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all the things that have been theirs, to hear the weeping of those who cherished them.

— Genghis Khan c. 1206-1227
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I wish to die at home. Let not my end disarm you, and on no account weep for me, lest the enemy be warned of my death.

— Genghis Khan 1227 CE
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The pleasure and joy of man lies in treading down the rebel and conquering the enemy, in tearing him up by the root, in taking from him all that he has.

— Genghis Khan c. 1206-1227
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