MalladorJul 12, 2023

"There is never a revolution without a terror. Revolutions are the true cause of regeneration in public customs, but in general a revolution is one of the greatest evils by which mankind can be visited. It is the scourge of the generation by which it is brought about, and all the advantages it procures cannot make amends for the misery with which it embitters the lives of those who take part."

-Napoleon

I love the greyness here, and the hypocrisy coming from a man who boasted -"

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"I spend 30,000 lives a month." And yet the conclusion by the brilliant general, student and history, philosophy and a general polyglot is to mourn the loss of his own generation, which he himself played the largest part in scourging.

People are fascinating.

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Show threadMalladorJul 12, 2023
"You cannot stop me," he warned the Austrian statesman Metternich, "I can spend 30,000 men a month". Is the exact quote