#bayonets

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

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A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#build #himself #man #may #sit

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#feared #four #hostile #more #newspapers

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win. ↗

— Mother Jones

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A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

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You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long. ↗

— Boris Yeltsin

#build #long #sit #throne #you