[To Bonaparte, when asked why she meddled in politics:] Sire, when women have their heads cut off, it is but just they should know the reason.
Anyone who can see as far as tomorrow in politics arouses the wrath of people who can see no farther than today.
The pursuit of politics is religion, morality, and poetry all in one.
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