What did Cardinal Richelieu mean by: First, all means to conciliate; failing that, all means to crush. - Cardinal Richelieu Statesman · France Copy
+ Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it. Feraz Zeid, December 24, 2023January 10, 2024, Cardinal Richelieu, Enterprise, 0 - Cardinal Richelieu Statesman · France
+ Nothing so upholds the laws as the punishment of persons whose rank is as great as their crime. Feraz Zeid, December 24, 2023January 10, 2024, Cardinal Richelieu, Crime, Law, Punishment, 0 - Cardinal Richelieu Statesman · France
+ I do not sleep to let others sleep in the shade of my waking. Feraz Zeid, December 24, 2023January 10, 2024, Cardinal Richelieu, Shade, Sleep, Waking, 0 - Cardinal Richelieu Statesman · France
+ To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.] Feraz Zeid, December 24, 2023January 10, 2024, Cardinal Richelieu, Kings, Royalty, 0 - Cardinal Richelieu Statesman · France
+ Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books. Feraz Zeid, December 24, 2023January 10, 2024, Cardinal Richelieu, Book, Kingdoms, Reading, 0 - Cardinal Richelieu Statesman · France
+ War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men. Feraz Zeid, December 24, 2023January 10, 2024, Cardinal Richelieu, Peace, War, 0 - Cardinal Richelieu Statesman · France
+ To mislead a rival, deception is permissable; one may use all means against his enemies. Feraz Zeid, December 24, 2023January 10, 2024, Cardinal Richelieu, Deception, Enemy, 0 - Cardinal Richelieu Statesman · France
It is the same: a chosen one is a man whom God’s finger crushes against the wall. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him. - Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President · USA
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