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“One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Emperor of the French
Napoleon I of France, in Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916) edited by Jules Bertaut, as translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes
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