Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“You cannot expect any rational thought from a religious man. He is like a rocking log in water.”
Quoted in “Collected works of Periyar E.V.R.” p. 50.
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