Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte
History is a set of lies agreed upon. - Napoleon Bonaparte

History is a set of lies agreed upon. – Napoleon Bonaparte

Other quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one’s self to destiny. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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God cannot alter the past, though historians can. – Samuel Butler, “Prose Observations”

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History

Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history such is the history of civilization for thousands of years. – Mao Zedong

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History

Lets be very honest about what this is about. Its not about bashing Democrats, its not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they dont know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up. – Janeane Garofalo

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History

From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. Well all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next. – Jon Meacham

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History

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If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death. – Paul Lynde

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The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business. – James Cash Penney

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A day of battle is a day of harvest for the devil. – William Hooke

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War

All war represents a failure of diplomacy. – Tony Benn

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