Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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If I am often seen at the theatre, people will cease to notice me.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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I have only one counsel for you - be master.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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All authority is in the throne; and what is the throne? This wooden frame covered with velvet? No, I am the throne.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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I firmly believe that the army of persons who urge greater and greater centralization of authority and greater and greater dependence upon the Federal Treasury are really more dangerous to our form of government than any external threat that can possibly be arrayed against us.

Dwight Eisenhower

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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Leonardo da Vinci

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