If they have real grievances redress them, if possible; or acknowledge the justice of them, and your inability to do it at the moment. If they have not, employ the force of government against them at once.

George Washington

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I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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