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"A lie told often enough becomes the truth"
Vladimir Lenin, Leader
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"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese"
Charles de Gaulle, Leader
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"Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem"
Joseph Stalin, Leader
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"If it can be solved, there's no need to worry, and if it can't be solved, worry is of no use"
Dalai Lama, Leader
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"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land"
Desmond Tutu, Leader
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"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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"When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right"
Simon Bolivar, Leader
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"Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs"
Joseph Stalin, Leader
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"History is a set of lies agreed upon"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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"The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation"
Vladimir Lenin, Leader
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"Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted"
Vladimir Lenin, Leader
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"Fascism is capitalism in decay"
Vladimir Lenin, Leader
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"The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history"
Mao Zedong, Leader
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"The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence"
Robert Peel, Leader
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"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
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"In waking a tiger, use a long stick"
Mao Tse-Tung, Leader
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"The graveyards are full of indispensable men"
Charles de Gaulle, Leader
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"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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"Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength"
Dalai Lama, Leader
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"The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty"
Simon Bolivar, Leader
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"I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality"
John Randolph, Leader
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"Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets"
Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader
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"The Pope? How many divisions has he got?"
Joseph Stalin, Leader
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"The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia"
Otto von Bismarck, Leader
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"The goal of socialism is communism"
Vladimir Lenin, Leader
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"Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
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"One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic"
Joseph Stalin, Leader
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"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience"
Julius Caesar, Leader
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"There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live"
Dalai Lama, Leader
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