Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. - Napoleon Bonaparte

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other. – Walter Bagehot

I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom. – Elizabeth I

Im glad weve been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face. – Queens Mother Elizabeth

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Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die. – Alexander Pope

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If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, its that the terrorists can attack us, but they cant take away what makes us American – our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that. – Jon Stewart

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No ones going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude. – Rupert Murdoch

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A wise saying is something you keep picking up off the floor in front of your fridge. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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