The people are the strongest and most just of all forces. They hate servitude and extremism. They cannot be bribed. They always sense what is worthy of them.
Le peuple est la plus forte de toutes les forces et la plus juste. Il déteste la servitude et l'extrême. On ne le suborne pas. Il sent toujours ce qui est digne de lui.
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Napoleon III
French president and Second Empire emperor (1808-1873). Nephew of Napoleon I, he won the 1848 vote, took power by coup in 1851 and became emperor. He drove Haussmann's Paris and free trade, but lost Sedan in 1870.
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