Napoleon Bonaparte III

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    I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
    Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)

    We declare therefore, we declare simply this, that on the 20th of December, 1851,... M. Bonaparte put his hand into every man’s conscience, and robbed every man of his vote. Others filch handkerchiefs, he steals an Empire.
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    The army is the true nobility of our country.
    —Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)