“Only Napoleon did more than I have done. But I am definitely taller.”

— Silvio Berlusconi

As quoted in Reuters (9 February 2006), "Berlusconi's boundless modesty: first it's Napoleon, now he's Jesus" by John Hooper, in The Guardian (13 February 2006) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/feb/13/italy.johnhooper, and "Did I say This? in The Observer (20 April 2008) http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/20/italy
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