Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian wine.

The God of Battles will throw the dice that decide.

Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

Fascism was little more than terrorist rule by corrupt gangsters. Mussolini was not corrupt himself but he did nothing except to rage impotently.