Jean Baptiste Bernadotte

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    A Republican by principle and devotion, I will, until my death, oppose all Royalists ... and all enemies of my Government and the Republic.
    —Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844)

    True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
    Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)

    Break up the printing presses and you break up rebellion.
    Dudley Nichols, U.S. screenwriter. Jean Renoir. Mayor (Thurston Hall)

    Napoleon has not been conquered by men. He was greater than any of us. God punished him because he relied solely on his own intelligence until that incredible instrument was so strained that it broke.
    —Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844)