King Henry VIII

“Alas, how can the poor souls live in concord when you preachers sow amongst them in your sermons debate and discord? They look to you for light and you bring them darkness”. –King Henry VIII

Abu Bakr

“Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives”. –Abu Bakr

Jesus Christ

“You shall know truth, and the truth shall set you free”. –Jesus Christ

Genghis Khan

“It is not sufficient that I succeed — all others must fail”. –Genghis Khan

Claudius

“No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing”. –Claudius

Saddam Hussein

“The most important thing about marriage is that the man must not let the woman feel downtrodden simply because she is a woman and he is a man”. –Saddam Hussein

King Faisal I

“We Arabs, especially the educated among us, look with the deepest sympathy on the Zionist movement… We will wish the Jews a most hearty welcome home”. –King Faisal I

Stanislaw Leszczynski

“Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for”. –Stanislaw Leszczynski

Skanderbeg

“I have not brought freedom to you, I found it here among you”. –Skanderbeg

Marquis de Lafayette

“When the government violates the people’s rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensable of duties”. –Marquis de Lafayette

Lord Mountbatten

“My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don’t see why my children shouldn’t be afraid of me”. –Lord Mountbatten

Marcus Aurelius

“Do every act in life as if it was your last”. –Marcus Aurelius

Julius Cæsar

“Men willingly believe what they wish”. –Julius Cæsar

Emperor Hirohito

“I was told that the iron from bomb fragments dropped by the enemy was being used to make shovels. This confirmed my opinion that we were no longer in a position to continue the war”. –Emperor Hirohito

King Henry IV

“The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobody’s word about them”. –King Henry IV

Queen Elizabeth I

“Those who appear most sanctified are the worst”. –Queen Elizabeth I

Kaiser Wilhelm II

“Give me a woman who really loves beer and I will conquer the world”. –Kaiser Wilhelm II

Napoleon Bonaparte

“The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, punish more severely”. –Napoleon Bonaparte

Augustus Cæsar

“Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young”. –Augustus Cæsar