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"It is up to you civilians to give a hand to show that we intend to take our responsibilities to maintain the integrity of our Empire, by giving the world proof that we have not all sold out to the Jew or Plutocrat."
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"Daughter," said the Hermit, "I have now lived a hundred and nine winters in this world and have never met any such thing as Luck."
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"The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty."
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"The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come."
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"At all times an empire is more important than emperor and empress, prince and princess."
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"The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times."
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"For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career."
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"Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome."
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"The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty."
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"Wealth brings strength, strength confidence."
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"A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind."
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"History shows how feeble are barriers of paper."
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"Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty."
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"When did one man ever civilize a people?"
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"The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron."
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