Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Quotes

• When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control.

  Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

  Revolution, Problem, French Revolution

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• To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.

  Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

  Essence, Reign, Problem

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• Nothing is impossible to the man who will

  Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

  Men, Impossible, He Man

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• Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.

  Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

  Emotional, Evil People, Soul

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• I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution.

  Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

  Executive Power, Royal, Revolution

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• If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.

  Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

  Honesty, Mean, Rich

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• None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness.

  Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

  Strength, Strong, Passion

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• Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion.

  Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

  Love, Funny Valentines Day, Believe

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• War is the national industry of Prussia.

  Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

  War, Prussia, Industry

  Attributed to Mirabeau by Albert Sorel, based on words found in the introduction to Mirabeau's 'De la monarchie prussienne sous Frèdèric le Grand' (1788)

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• I know you will guess all I leave unsaid.

  Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

  Unsaid, Speakers, Knows

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• Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.

  Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

  Love, Long, Absence

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• I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.

  Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

  Beach, Work, Ocean

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• Never let me hear that foolish word again.

  Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

  Jargon, Foolish, Let Me

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